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Unread 03-02-2011, 02:23
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Pistons only halfway up
In 2008, with Overdrive, our team (2484) (2008 Las Vegas Regional) used a piston to move our arm up and down. Even though there are posts on CD now saying that it isn't possible to have a piston go only part stroke, instead of all the way up or all the way down, we sure did it in 2008. The trouble is, we're not sure how that was done. It was using the old control system, with the solenoids wired up to spike relays. Is that why we could go part way, instead of all the way? I know it can be done, so can anyone give me some insight as to why it worked back in 2008, but it won't work now?
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