How much pressure to lower ramp?

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by CityAcademy

Hello,

We're a rookie team. It might be out there, but we can't find the info for how much pressure it takes lower the ramp. Obviously, when lowering, it is w/out another robot on the ramp. The ramp, as we understand, is approx. 10.5 inches high.

All suggestions welcome.

As started above the ramp is about 12inchs off the ground.
There is already a thread going on about this, search is your friend
But it takes about 16-18lbs of force to lower it from one edge with nothing on it.