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Re: Maximum bore/stroke length for cylinders?

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Originally Posted by AMRW1518 View Post
Our Team tested this cylinder with ~120 in^3 of storage capacity lowering and lifting 135lbs. Here's a video link of the test:

https://youtu.be/M5YBYYYhEY0

We used the pneumatic system from last years robot to get an idea of the air flow and the load on the compressor.
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Originally Posted by CryptoStorm View Post
you don't really need to worry about the volume of your tanks as you need to worry about the volume of your pump and the diameter of your tubing.

filling a cylinder like that with 1/4" tube would take forever.
1518's video seems to confirm this