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Re: Basic pneumatics questions

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Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
Could be.

It's illegal (and unwise) to configure pistons such that they will boost the PSI in another one (although it's possible). If they were doing it like this, they weren't following the rules, and have a potentially pretty unsafe situation on their hands.

What they were probably talking about is configuring the pistons such that they generate three times the force, maybe just by moving where they attach to the catapult, or by just using three side by side instead of one. It's just basic physics/mechanical advantage stuff.

They also could be talking about getting a 250% faster flow rate by doing a pneumatic tank on the vent, using special solenoids, or some other tricky pneumatics stuff.
That "tricky pneumatics stuff" sounds rather interesting, actually, but we should probably stay away from it for the time being. By special solenoids, do you mean ones with a higher flow rate? I was reading here that there's either less regulation or none at all on the solenoids used this year; could someone confirm/deny this, and then possibly suggest the solenoids their team uses (if they're not the standard ones)?