Team 314 Launcher

[Colin Small]

Originally Posted by Ronnie314

We have a gen 1 shifter that I took the high gear out of and milled the teeth (3 of them)down to a flat face so that when the high gear transfers from low (winching the catapult back) to high (releasing into a free spin) where the dog has nothing to grab and the shaft releases to the direction of tension making the ball fly. On the output shaft there is an external ratcheting mechanism so that the tensions is released from the motors as it is drawn back. Also, we adjust our hard stop so we can get different angle shots such as a blop shot for a good truss toss.

I'm not quite sure what what you mean. Is it that you have it timed so that the gear isn't engaged (because of the three shaved teeth) when you want to poll the dog out? I'm confused....