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Originally Posted by apalrd
There was one robot at Kettering that had this flimsy arm that would sometimes fall off if it didn't catch the tower when it unfolded. That was funny.
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Are you by chance referring to FEDS 201?
The arm is designed so that the hook disconnects at the top and the arm falls back down once the winch cable starts to pull. This keeps the arm from looking like a pretzel.
There's a video of it here from one of the Kettering matches:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roches...168364?ref=ts#
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