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Re: 5236 Piston Catapult

Looks pretty good to me! I would continue to play with the position of your cylinders' attachment points to find a sweet spot for throwing. Be sure to test over and over again, and continue using the solenoid to mimic the robot as much as possible. If it were me, I would try rigging up some storage tanks and regulators to see how much air you are using with the components that will be on the robot and then you can get a real idea of performance as you start to scale down your launcher. That first shot looked a lot like ours!
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