Slowing down the action of a cylinder with flow control, mechanical or via software

[Randy Forgaard]

Originally Posted by kwotremb

Basically when our mast was all the way at the up we "maxed" (missed the x before) out on the stroke of the cylinder rather than hit a hard stop on the frame.

That's a great idea as well. We could potentially replace the cylinder with one that has a somewhat shorter stroke, to prevent the slamming at the top.

Originally Posted by kwotremb

What I would do with testing is start fully closed and slowly open it up as you test (that what we did for the free fall). Now I dont know if there will be enough air in the cylinder to compress to a psi high enough to counter the 60 psi you are lifting the arm up, but in theory I believe it should help.

We'll do that. Thanks again!