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Re: 8 MINI-CIM SWERVE

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Originally Posted by Whippet View Post
I am planning to develop a version in the future that uses every legal motor (including window motors to remove the risk of backdrive!)
Don't forget some rotary pneumatics (or clever use of linear pneumatics, similar to a steam engine's drive rods) to add that extra pep for pushing matches! Should anybody be so foolish as to try pushing you, of course.
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