Pulling Firing Pin

[Adamz_]

Originally Posted by gurellia53

We used a fence gate latch on our 10 point climber in 2013 and plan to use one again this year. Pulling on the "fence gate" part will not cause it to open unless it is unlatched. A small pneumatic cylinder can slide the latch open and closed.

i just want to say that is one of the best ideas ive heard in a while

[gurellia53]

The fence gate latch is simple, effective, readily available, and $6.

A long bolt can be used instead of the bar piece for different mounting orientations.

Its not complicated at all, but I'll take a picture of our '13 mechanism on Monday.

[Kevin Ray]

We used that same latch in 2010 "Breakaway" to release our kicker. It was one of the most reliable parts of the robot.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Kevin Ray

We used that same latch in 2010 "Breakaway" to release our kicker. It was one of the most reliable parts of the robot.

Ditto.

One can modify the design slightly such that releasing a very large load needs only a small force. Commercially there are latches that can release several tons with a pull string.

[Brian C]

Originally Posted by Kevin Ray

We used that same latch in 2010 "Breakaway" to release our kicker. It was one of the most reliable parts of the robot.

X3 Cheap, easy and effective.

[roystur44]

Here is a nice design used in saling.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...7#.UtLpcfRDt8E

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...7#.UtLqDvRDt8E