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Re: Linear Actuators

All that is is a motor attached to a gear box. The form of the motor for that particular product doesn't easily match anything that's legal, but I'm sure with a little searching you could find one that utilizes a 500-series motor and swap out the motor for an RS-550. Doing so would make it perfectly legal, similar to all of the teams over the years that have taken a shop vac, swapped out the motor, and used it as a suction device on their robots. The only thing that makes it illegal is the model of motor that's attached to it.
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