Motor driven catapult gear ratio

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Motor driven catapult gear ratio

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04-03-2014, 09:09

EricWilliams EricWilliams is offline

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He means that the catapult arm can only be stopped halfway through its motion path with a great deal of effort in a fairly unsafe manner. We had the same problem in 2008 with a spring driven catapult. Also, dry firing was extremely risky, for us.

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