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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Brandy,
There was another post on this subject just after kickoff. First has not allowed solenoids other than pnuematics. There should be no reason electrically to prevent their use. I hope to be able to include them in future designs. Add that to your list of things to bring up in the post season discussions, please.
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I'm totally with Al here; solenoids are a nice, simple solution to a lot of problems which we solve nowadays with pneumatics or servos.
By the way, 522 posted a question to the Q&A about using electromagnetic shaft brakes (on Spikes). Let's see how FIRST treats that one; it's similar in principle.