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Re: faster release

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
Force is the pressure x area of the plunger. With the rod in place you will get less force, and thus be able to strech the tubing less.

I'm just wondering if there isn't some other design consideration that validates why he'd pull instead of push with the cylinder.
See Jason's post #9.

He does push. They extend the pistons to stretch the latex tubing to arm the kicker.

Then they release it to kick.

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