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Re: pic: S.W.A.T. 771's Robot

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Originally Posted by Aylish771
Hey Everyone,

The piston we are using to hang has a 10 inch stroke length, and 2 inch bore. It will actually hold up to 180lbs at 60psi. When our team was trying to decide how to hang, we tried numerous methods on our robot from 2003. This piston proved most effective and surprisingly, lightest, which was a big factor for us this year.

Thanks everyone for all of the support! And yes, us girls have definately come a long way from "The Box That Rox". Can't wait to see you all at the CR!
it is actually less than 180 lbs because you are retracting the piston so you must subtract the area of the piston shaft. Regardless, id be afraid of bending like steve pointed out. Id be interested to know exactly how much stress that piston could take...
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