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Re: Robot mounted air cannon

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Originally Posted by flameout View Post
Also, a note of warning: do not use PVC for the tanks. PVC is not designed to hold air, and can potentially explode with no warning. If the tanks are PVC, then please replace them with metal ones. You can find more by doing a search for PVC on ChiefDelphi.

I hope this helps.
The seniors that built this used PVC pressure rated for 250 PSI, and we only plan on doing 125-150 PSI, so would that make PVC safe to use?
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