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Re: pneumatics or motors?

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Originally Posted by tetravaal View Post
I dont think that will work very well Daniel.. We tried something like that on the 1st day, and the output port limits the speed at which the cilinder will react.. Very unimpressive.. Now if you could open one side with a huge port, that would be a different ball game..
Check to see if quick release valves are legal in this game. We used one on a single cylinder in Breakaway and could shoot well over 30' if we had a good angle.
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