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Re: Colson Wheel and AndyMark HTD Pulley

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
Ah, that's a much larger stroke than I was expecting; our current butterfly drive is designed for 1.5'' bore, 1.5'' stroke cylinders.
We use one cylinder per side. We found that it was actually cheaper and lighter to do it that way, rather than have one cylinder per wheel pod. We don't shift between drive systems enough in any given game to give much of a thought to the extra battery drain.
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