I am trying to model an old sail ship and am currently trying to make the gun ports movable using Mechanism.
The first picture shows the gun port closed, the fake canon withdrawn and the blue activating lever in its start position.
The second picture shows the activating lever, after having taken up some necessary slack, pushing the fake canon and the gun port outwards.
The slack is neccessary because other ports moved by the same lever has a larger angle between closed and open positions.
The third picture shows the fake canon in its final horizontal position.
The last picture shows the activating lever returned to its start position but the fake canon remains horizontally.
I would like it to follow the activating lever back to its start position and stay there while the lever continues to its start position (cam follower type allowing lift-off.)
Now, is this possible?
Is there som mechanism connection that would do this?
In reality I would use a rubber band or a spring to return the fake canon and the gun port to where it all started.
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