Corvis (temp bot name) rough ideas.

[Bacon Wizard]

Had a chat with the carbon fibre layup company finally.

The low-down is this. We can lay up as much carbon fibre as needed to make a very high-power spring and expect a draw-weight of a couple of thousand pounds. But I can't afford it, and it'll all go wrong (break) if it gets a dry-fire at the wrong time, or smacked at just the wrong moment.

The weight is not an issue, although higher than I had thought because of the re-enforcements I would need to make to the arm-ends and cams, and to prevent anything from possibly flying-off and hurting folks. And then I have to have an actuator to re-set the spring.

Despite all this, it would still be both light and powerful. But not, I suspect, quick to reset. And the layup folks give me some rough dimensions and it'll take up a LOT of room in the bot.

All for the princely sum of circa £1000 !!!

In short, I think we're looking at plan B. It will not surprise you I'm sure, that plan B is based on the spiked-club of a mantis-shrimp lol

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