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Re: "hydraulics"

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Originally Posted by robotfyrman
I think I'm going to have to stick with hydraulics because that is what powers the Jaws-of-Life. Yes they move slow, but when you hear the hinge of a car door pop, It's well worth the wait.
Sorry Shaun, but no hydraulics are allowed in this contest... Pneumatics only, at the above mentioned specs.

But I'll admit, a couple of years back I saw a 12HP hydraulic driven ZTR lawnmower for sale and was sorely tempted to buy it. I could just imagine hacking it into my own personal Transformer style "FIRST Robot of Doom" for an outdoor "yard version" of a standard FIRST contest bot...

Gee... Can you imagine playing Stack Attack in a gravel pit "arena", using people riding in the (secured) cages of hacked Bobcat forklifts, trying to collect and stack large wooden crates over a large center hillock?

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