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

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele View Post
This brings me to ask the question...
Why do we have so many less pneumatic components in the KOP this year??
I think the reason is because we can't extend outside of our starting area, so any pneumatics are going to be extremely limited in length, and usage. our team on day three just decided that we couldn't think of a way that we could use pneumatics in a better way than we could use a motor or a servo, it would just have been a waste of space to put that stuff on there for one or two small pistons that would need tons of equipment to use (compressor, air tanks, hose) compared to 2 wires per motor, and a spike.
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