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Unread 09-01-2012, 20:00
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Re: pneumatics or motors?

I didn't see a possible way to use pneumatics to shoot consistently. You have to have a huge amount of force just to get the ball to move. My team tried it with a tennis ball earlier in the year to test the idea of shooting anything using pneumatics, and it barely made it 10 feet. That was with all the air pressure they wanted to use. They didn't have a tank restriction and didn't use just 60 working psi. It was unimpressive. I could be wrong, and there could be a genius way to use them. But right now using a baseball pitching design seems to be the only viable option to keep a consistent shot while it being reasonable in the sense that you can do it more than once.
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