Coil Over Shock Absorbers

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12-01-2016, 12:40

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Re: Coil Over Shock Absorbers

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Originally Posted by dradel

Use air cylinders as the shocks. Use shrader valves in the ports so you can add or remove air from either side of the piston. Instant shock and no spring needed

Actually what you would create doing that would be air springs, the "shock" function would be very limited. Not that a robot due to its light weight would really need shocks if it has a spring suspension.

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