What to do with pneumatics in the off-season
 

Make ice cream.
http://media.putfile.com/Pneumatics

Re: What to do with pneumatics in the off-season
 

That totally gave me an idea for an off-season project for 1293.

Can you give us some more specifics on the setup? Surely those aren't powered by the KOP compressor.

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I was wondering if they used the RC to control the valves.

We are such nerds.

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How did you do the timing?

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one of our projects is to make a ultimate Nerf shooter that uses the pneumatics to charge the gun instead of human pumping. One cool project that i saw was two years ago at nats, a team made a pneumatic wolverine blades that were controlled by a pneumatic back pack. the guy would occasionally raise his right arm and shoot the blades in and out. it was totally wicked.

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If you look carefully at the back of the cylinders, you'll see what I imagine to be the magnetic reed switches supplied with certain cylinders. I think that as the cylinder trips the switch, you switch the pressure on the cylinders.

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That's correct, we used the magnetic pistons with reed switches. The switches are wired directly to the solenoid valves without going through a controller. It's powered off a small shop air compressor. The two 12" X 1 1/2" pistons would be way too much for the kit compressor, at least at a speed that would keep the ice cream from icing up.

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Well last night, i built a C02 powered potato cannon based off a Quick Release valve from a bus air brake system.

I like the ice cream maker. I want some ice cream right now.

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At some point I may convince my team to make a hardcore teeshirt cannon. 6 Compressors, twelve Clippards... watch out! :ahh: I'm thinking about trying to make a supersonic pellet gun, but it would need insanely high pressures, well above what the kit parts can take. (mmm, can you say 1Kpsi?)