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Re: Team 3307 climbing idea

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Originally Posted by Zach S. View Post
So, our team has decided that at the time being, the easiest way for us to get our robot up is with the aid of some pneumatics. So, we attacked last years robot (Rebound Rumble) to the strongest cylander we had. It lifted the robot, sorta slow, but our compressor was also very small (one that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a car)
We did the math on climbing with pneumatics and found the air charge rather prohibitive.

Did you do this lift with pre-charged tanks? It seems strange to me that it didn't just pop up if that's a 2" pneumatic. (Hard to see in the video.)
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