Thread: Minibot Spring?
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Re: Minibot Spring?

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Originally Posted by bbenne0473 View Post
But springs are devices used to store mechanical energy. The use won't be for propulsion, just to hold things together.

With that said, won't they be considered mechanical hardware?
You may store energy for totally non-vertical propulsion. Only stored energy for vertical movement is disallowed. That I wouldn't consider springs to be mechanical hardware.
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