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[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

I would have to say this looks like a fun CAD project to work on, but very unpractical to combine those two systems in real life. By adding a telescoping section to a poof style 2-jointed arm you are basically adding a redundant system to achieve the same goal. The whole point of the lower joint on the 'poof' style arm is to extend the arm to reach farther, higher ect. which can also be achieved by a 'pink' style telescoping arm with a lower joint. So unless you really can't achieve your goal with a 'poof' or 'pink' style arm, I guess this system could work... but that's very unlikely and makes this kind of system unnecessary.

The one advantage I can think of is having to reach up, and far over a large object. However, can't remember too many times this would be beneficial.