VOLLEYCOMMAND / RELEASE / REPEAT
System / G5 ACR1

Custody from cell to carrier.

The twelve-payload architecture combines fixed storage banks, guided lateral pushers, a central indexed lift and a reusable electromagnetic carrier.

Operating sequence

Follow one payload.

  1. 01 · Store & select

    Twelve 4 kg 3U envelopes in two six-level banks. Restrain the inventory; select one cell.

  2. 02 · Feed & capture

    A guided lead screw pushes laterally into the indexed lift. Positive custody transfers the payload and captive pallet.

  3. 03 · Dock & clear

    The lift lowers to the carrier. Prove the pallet locks and withdraw the custody frame before enabling launch.

  4. 04 · Release & recover

    Command a modeled 1–3 m/s shot. The payload departs; the pallet stays on the carrier through arrest and return.

Captured 3U and captive pallet at source level five.
CAD-derived render · captured state · source level 5, payload floor Z830 mm. The lift holds the pallet.
Docked payload and carrier pallet below the withdrawn custody frame.
CAD-derived render · clear/docked state · payload floor Z46 mm, raised custody frame floor Z190 mm. The pallet stays with the carrier.
Interfaces

Transfer authority before motion.

Guided feed

Each cell has a guided lead-screw drive and independent restraint. Feeding occurs during host coast.

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Dual custody

Lift grips and carrier bayonets overlap custody at the handoff. Prove the lock before releasing the other restraint.

Inspect evidence

Carrier recovery

The payload alone departs. The captive pallet remains attached during brake arrest and carrier return.

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Current status

A defined computational configuration.

Evaluated

The integrated twelve-3U ACR1 architecture has editable CAD/STEP, nominal motion and custody checks, finite motor and coupled shot models, and a same-input host-assisted mission comparison.

Subsequent development

Instrumented hardware correlation, environment testing and payload/host qualification remain future work. Gen6 mixed-size studies have their own configuration and evidence.

Read the methods, assumptions and evidence boundary →
Feed and custody

Inspect the mechanism.

Isolated guided lead-screw and pusher cell with four annotated source-part locations.
CAD-derived Blender detail · south bank, level 5. Payload envelope and fixed channel frame hidden; drive solids are catalog envelopes.

Guided transfer

  1. 10 × 2 lead-screw reference.
  2. Motor/gear and brake reference envelopes.
  3. Guided pusher frame.
  4. Guide shaft.

The screw drives a guided pusher frame; guide shafts maintain the represented transfer direction. The indexed lift receives the payload on its captive pallet.

Only display materials, camera and visibility differ from the frozen CAD source. The smooth screw reference does not show a manufactured thread.

Four frozen CAD poses: home, captured, handoff and clear. Other storage cells and host ladder omitted for clarity.
Four nominal CAD poses · other banks and host ladder hidden; distant rail cropped. This board shows feed/custody states before launch, not measured motion.

Cameras, visibility and unchanged mesh/pose identities · Editable source and reproduction