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Re: Linear Actuators

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Originally Posted by zinthorne View Post
In 2013 we were a tower shooter. We used a "linear actuator" to move our shooter up and down for fin movements. We got our off of a car seat. (They are used to move seats forward and backwards in cars) We took the old motor off and then made a plastic converter on the lathe to the versa planetary gearbox we were using with a bag cim. Overall it took only a few hours to fully assemble.

That is very cool! I googled around to see what they look like and they look like they are self contained when retracted (e.g. like a pneumatic cylinder). If you have any pictures of this setup... please share... thanks!