Thread: Pneumatic Cylinder damage
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Re: Pneumatic Cylinder damage
If I may add a comment for many on this thread. It seems that you have realized your mistake, that is the best way to learn and move forward.

For the record however, I want to remind teams that putting force onto the piston (that is not parallel with the piston's motion) is a B-A-D, BAD, idea. I can almost gaurantee at one point or another all of the older teams has bent a piston shaft, mine included. Horizontal piston motions can cause damage to the pistons if you have weight down on it, or even by having a circular motion with too much mass on the end (our case in Lunacy). Bending a shaft (more so the smaller the shaft diameter gets) is easier than most people think.

Good Luck this season!
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