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Re: Pneumatic Proportional Control Valve

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Originally Posted by magnets View Post
I've seen a team do this in the past. I have no clue if it was legal then, or if it legal now. However, I'm concerned that a servo doesn't have enough torque to turn the knob on the regulator. The team that did this in the past used one of the mabuchi motors (wow, that was a long time ago) with a huge pulley reduction.
Roger that on the torque power. Will probably require a gear-motor. Just wanted to show in a quick sketch...

Thanks for the reply; much appreciated!