The Spring

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Originally Posted by ahartnet

Our McMaster one came in today. I took it over to the Robonauts so we could do a direct comparison between the century one they got with identical specs to the mcmaster one as far as I can tell (https://www.mcmaster.com/#9664k68 vs http://www.centuryspring.com/extensi...ings-e-41.html) They behave very differently.

Foreground picture is the century one, background one is the mcmaster. Heading over to FIRST Q&A now to ask if they're only going to source the spring from McMaster. Aw man, just missed being the cheesy poof question: https://frc-qa.firstinspires.org/qa/255

Wow. That's really helpful to know. Though another thing to consider: While at the beginning of the season all the springs may behave like the McMaster spring, by the time champs rolls around, it may be an entirely different story. A Lift spring that has become damaged will hopefully be replaced. But a Lift spring that has become slightly stretched out and more likely to drop a Gear? We can be sure they'll still be in use.