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Re: No Pneumatics?

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Originally Posted by cjl2625 View Post
We've had problems with pneumatics in the past, so now we pretty much just stay away from it altogether.
I've heard sayings to this effect before in my own team. We had a pneumatic system in our 2010 robot that had leaks and other sorts of issues, and that lead many students to swear to never use pneumatics again. One even said that we should make it an official team rule: No Pneumatics.

But those students graduated, and the newer students this year threw a pneumatic system in the robot. And it works just fine

I guess what I'm saying (And I really do mean it in the nicest way possible) is;

It's probably not the pneumatic's fault.
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