Shock absorbers?

[ZoNeGuY]

Im trying to find the rules for parts that are not listed as not useable, but I cant find it. But, our arm is not stable enough, and the motor doesn't stop it from slowly lowering when not pulling up. So we want to put a gas shock on the extended arm and the stand that holds the arm.

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Me: (searching for "Shock") (Results : "Girls anyone ever ask you out with lame pickup lines?")
Me: OMGWTFBBQ!!!!111
Me: Ill just post a new thread.
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-ZoNe

[Katie Reynolds]

<R91> The following pneumatics items may be added to your robot:
• You may use a previous year’s Kit pneumatic cylinders and solenoid valves in addition to those items in the 2005 Kit, but you must account for their costs as explained in the Cost Limits and Accounting section.
• You may use a pressure transducer as long as it is rated to the operating air pressure at its mounting point in the pneumatic system.
• For the purposes of the FIRST competition, a device that creates a vacuum is not considered to be a pneumatic device and is allowed. This includes, but is not limited to, venturi-type vacuum generators and off-the-shelf vacuum devices (as long as they are powered by one of the Kit-of-Parts motors).
• For the purposes of the FIRST competition, closed-loop pneumatic (gas) shocks are not considered pneumatic devices, and are permitted additions to the robot.