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Re: can we control the amount of air to control the speed of the cylinder?

This brings me to ask the question...
Why do we have so many less pneumatic components in the KOP this year??

We don't have any of the hose connectors and flow regulators we have always had in the past. We also only have one solenoid. In the past we had several.

We still have the compressor and its associated fittings and gauges and such but we don't have the final fittings to move the air around.

I wonder if FIRST lost that supplier ??

We really enjoy using pneumatics and they are easy for rookie teams to put together... or at least they USED to be easy... now they will have to purchase their own components to handle this.

I DID see that we can use cylinders that are NOT Bimba this year.
They just have to comform to the size/length requirements...

Interesting...
I have fittings left over from other years so I can proceed...

We should all support rookie teams by sharing these older fittings and information with them... Perhaps we should start a clearing house for the
pneumatically disadvantaged (IE Rookie Teams) and donate some of the fittings they will need (and old solenoids that were never used...)

?????
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