How to change angle of shooter?

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Originally Posted by JCharlton

How about a spring to hold the shooter in the up position, and a winch mechanism to pull it down against the force of the spring? Simple pivoting joint, simple little winch one a motor. Simple is good. We're going lead screw, but it's not simple.

Wow, I really like that idea.

We're using a lead screw, I don't know where we got it but it's 8 threads per inch and we're going to drive it with a cim-u-lator. Seams crazy fast but the testing we've done shows it's not too bad.