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Re: Gas springs and Q&A #Q695
I don't think they meant to outlaw gas springs like those from McMaster. Teams (including mine) have been using them for years to counter balance arms, or make passive mechanisms (after match climbs, etc).
I'm not sure why they would outlaw sealed gas shocks either, like those on mountain bikes, seems pretty hard to get the fluid out of those by accident but I guess in some cases I could see why they could be ruled illegal.
They definitely need to clarify this. We have a couple places on our robot where we are considering gas springs, if we have to make some other linear spring mechanism it will be a lot more work.
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We all know that with mechanical systems, once all the noise has leaked out, the system quits (therefore quiet running mechanical systems last much longer :^) - KenWittlief [more] 
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