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Re: Door lock actuator shift?

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Originally Posted by Jonny_Jee View Post
You could use the shifter servos AndyMark sells instead. I haven't had any problems with them in the past.

http://www.andymark.com/Servo-p/am-0010.htm
We tried that once but it didn't work well (especially while not moving) and then the servos broke. We swapped over to pneumatics after that event and never looked back.

There was a thread on this topic a few months back that looked at the feasibility of using door lock actuators though I never saw the conclusion or if anyone ever did any testing on it. I'd be interested to know how well it works personally, there are many years where our shifters are the only pneumatics on our robot and it would be nice to save the weight and not worry about air leaks.
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