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Re: Solenoid Recommendations

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Originally Posted by 3175student17 View Post
However, I would recommend having two of them and directly hooking the output to the input on the cylinder to get the least amount of distance the air has to travel to fill the cylinder.
Double check the rules. In past years they limited us to one solenoid valve per cylinder. If that's the case this year, you can use two smaller cylinders with one valve each, to get the maximum speed.
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