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Re: Most Innovative Teams

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Originally Posted by TEE View Post
1114 for their hanging- does anyone know how they lifted so fast?!
They used the power from all 4 drive CIM's, and used that to drive a winch that pulled up the arm. When it was up, a second latch would grip the pole higher up to prevent falling.

We only had 1 CIM for the arm, so we shifted it to second to deploy and back to first to lift.
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