So we build our catapult but we need a blocking system. We have an idea of rising the catapult system to use it as a block system as well as rise to catapult but I have no clue.

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Have you looked at different arm ideas? There are lots of different arms you can use depending on your height goal. I would recommend looking at this article: https://kb.vex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037389012-Building-V5-Robot-Arms

Can I ask why you need a blocking system?

I would argue you don’t need to block, if you can effectively push triballs over the middle barrier then it isn’t needed.

@1908B We want to play defense with blocking other alliences catapults. @68031B I would say its not effective but its decent. We have some space in the back to use it as a blocking or elevation system. We want to build a deployable blocking system if we can figure it out but we don’t have any clu…

I would attempt to improve it then, from what I have seen it’s pretty crucial in the current meta.

I build a catapult with my team but we need a blocking system

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