pic: 4576 RNR CAD

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Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Have you considered extending a part of your shooting arm outside the frame perimeter to use as a manipulator? You could start the shooter in a vertical position to remain inside the frame perimeter during auton. I feel like an extension with a hook at the end would have a bunch of capabilities: opening Sally Port, lowering the Cheval the Frise, pulling the drawbridge down etc. What kind of gear ratio are you running to lift the arm? It looks like 2 cims in some pretty stacked versa planetaries.

It is a 40 to 1 with a cim. We plan on running the arm to the back of the bot to use as a manipulator on some of the defenses.