What lifts is everyone planning to use for this year’s game. Our team is deciding between a couple different ones and I am interested to hear what other people are thinking about

I think this reply to another topic applies here as well. [image] Plans for Override aligner? VEX V5 Technical Support Dear you, How about you share your ideas first and then ask what ideas other have… I think this is a general problem on the forum for asking…

right now our team is working on a pythagoian lift and a pneumatic conveyor lift which are both pretty unconventional but I don’t know about any conventional ones

What is an [image] 2775U-Hw: pythagoian lift and a [image] 2775U-Hw: pneumatic conveyor lift ? (20)

A pythagorian lift turns a motor spinning into linear motion by compressing triangles and a pneumatic conveyor lift is exactly what it sounds like

[image] 2775U-Hw: A pythagorian lift is basically a scissor lift ? [image]

Sorry you’re right, I should have said what we were deciding between before I asked for tips

Yeah I mean’t a scissor lift I just forgot what it was called

My team and my sister team are testing out a cascade and DR4B, respectively. I am kinda hopeful on that cascade, as it gives the most verticality with less horizontal, meaning it won’t be as hard to make balanced

I want to do a cascade lift but due to the horrendous polycarbonate rule that stifles innovation and building skill I will probably just resort to a 4 bar of some kind. Dr4b is popular but I think there could be better. Overall if my cascade prototypes don’t go well I’ll probably do a normal 4 bar o…

There’s lots of information about various types of lifts on the forum from many years ago, An early animation I did of a cascade lift. [cascade lift prototype 1] and one I made back in 2014 (many of the links in these old topics have become broken as the forum has migrated through eso…

What lifts is everyone planning to use for this year's game

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jpearman May 5, 2026, 2:37am 2

I think this reply to another topic applies here as well.