Dropping Ramp Issues

[Liz Smith]

Just an idea... maybe you can have the piston push a lever. You could have something like a seesaw... so if you mounted the piston to go out the opposite way (away from the ramp) it would push the see saw that could push out the ramp at a point higher up.

[Golfer241]

We're worrid about the spring knocking the ramp down if we get hit during a match. Im not sure what was meant by the seesaw idea. I think you mean the piston would push a rotating arm that would be longer and intern push the ramp with more leverage becasue it would be higher. Is that right?

[Liz Smith]

Originally Posted by Golfer241

We're worrid about the spring knocking the ramp down if we get hit during a match. Im not sure what was meant by the seesaw idea. I think you mean the piston would push a rotating arm that would be longer and intern push the ramp with more leverage becasue it would be higher. Is that right?

Thats the basic idea I had... I'm not sure exactly how it would work out though. I'm still thinking about it though!

[Golfer241]

Thanks for your help, we found a bigger piston in the back but we're not sure we have the power or pressure to run it.

[Brandon Holley]

i suck at paint
i think this could be a possible solution

[Liz Smith]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

i suck at paint
i think this could be a possible solution

I agree, this is pretty similar to my idea, only with more of a wheel to guide the rotation. I think it could work pretty well.

[nsr]

our team tried this as a possible solution be we came across problems such as the angles that we would need to set the piston because it would need to be relatively low and create a big amount of force in order to get the wheel rolling

the seesaw idea worked better for us but we don't know right now what we are goign to do