Hurro Chief Delphi,
Team 3132 has finally finished their kicker using a backup plan. I believe a picture says 1000 words, so let me delay you no longer.
It works simple and stable, we used a Banebots Planetary gearbox with a CIM and with that, we get a decent kick. It's simple and stable which is more than we could ask for as a rookie team with 2 people working on it full time.
Also, here's a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAwpFkFHVu8