Thread: 67's 2010 Climber
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Re: 67's 2010 Climber
I haven't used these before, but our team was initially thinking of trying these:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#9833t6/=10ohn3x


They have a remote release that I believe could lock or release the spring on demand.

Pre-loading them safely would be a challenge, but you could possibly go with more springs each with a lower force.
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