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Was it 1523?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i91FrxBT10o

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We tried hitting the ball directly with several different sized pneumatic 3/4, 1, 1 1/8, 2 (4-6 inch strokes) and even a 3" diameter 1" stroke cylinders, which all seemed compatible with the volume of air storage allowed.

Under the best case, the ball had enough energy to roll the distance but not really enough to clear multiple ramps.

On dual acting cylinders we had the exit port wide open to be the best case.

We have a neat kicker concept but the pneumatics just wouldn't support it.

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looking good

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Got ours going finally....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpZfM6HJcc

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Finally! When will you have a self arming system?

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Here's our schedule:

End of week 2: driving
3: kicking
4: hanging
5: done

so you can infer what you want :)

We're looking at winches now....wonder if it would b epossible to adapt that $60 Harbor Freight one to a CIM?

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Good looks Mr. Forbes.

We've got ours alive and kicking as well.

Camera code is almost done too. :D

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Awesome! Can't wait to see your total bot. Make sure you can pick us up!! We need to standardize a lift bar!!
We hope to be driving around that same time as well. Cross my fingers!

Your kicker works great!!!