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Team 842,The Forbes Arm, Mach-1
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31-01-2011, 19:16
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Re: Team 842,The Forbes Arm, Mach-1
These are definitely cool mechanisms....
To echo John's comments, this mechanisms has been deployed before.
Team RUSH used the same system in 1997 for the very first inner tube game.
I can't find a picture right now.
We call it a passive arm.
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