Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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03-03-2016, 11:28

GeeTwo

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Re: Gas charged hood lifts: are they legal in 2016

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Originally Posted by Chris is me

This is basically totally irrelevant for FRC, where a gas spring might see 500 cycles on a very thoroughly driven competition robot depending on the application. You generally don't have to worry about wear on a gas spring in an FRC context, which is nice.

We like to demo our robot for at least the next year, sometimes longer. That said, I agree that we would not weaken a competition design to accommodate this orientation.

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