Spaceport root cause found !
The vertical lift basket number 1 (from the bottom) has always been a hit or miss of functionality. Sometimes the ball would get hung up, not enter the vertical lift. Today I finally identified the root cause. The solution to fix still eludes me though since all the other baskets function properly without any ball hang up’s. Basket number 1 tilt/rocker apparently is about 1.5mm lower than it should be. This tiny discrepancy causes the ball to hang up ! The “fix” will require the vertical lift assembly to be removed and then figure out what is the best fix option for this basket. It might be as simple as adding a 1.0mm plastic overlay to lift the ball properly to height. It will require perhaps a few reassembly processes to fully solve. Why do all this? Have a far fetched morphing idea for this kit if I can get full continuous vertical lift functionality.
To the ROKR Team, As I post this item over in the Facebook group, several comments quickly posted of others experiencing the same functionality concern. Which gets me to thinking that perhaps the GD&T on that board before laser and the GD&T after laser focused around the location / interface datum for the one basket lift could be wrong. My basket number 1 is about 1.5 mm lower than all of the other baskets in the vertical lift assembly.
The loss of functionality within the vertical lift not only frustrates every builder that is experiencing this issue, it draws attention back to manufacturing tolerances within the laser cutout process.
Once I have a workable solution to make the number lift properly function will post again here and over within the Facebook group.