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Re: Off season T-Shirt Launching Tank Robot

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Originally Posted by juju_beans View Post
1. The shooting tank is a metal storage tank that operates at anywhere from about 70 psi if we're low on air to 110 when we're full on air. It is rated of 220 psi I think. The big black tank is just another metal tank that holds 120 psi and slowly feeds into the shooting tank. Not actually sure where we got either from sorry!

2. 3/4 inch pvc hose. It is rated for up to 120 I'm pretty sure.



Right now the magazine isn't done so we don't really know the firing rate, but it should be fairly fast as after it shoots it just unlocks the shell, ejects the shell, then lets the next shell fall down and finally seals the shell and it is ready to shoot.
As an Ex-3647 student... i remember that tank...

The smaller grey tank was obtained from McMaster-Carr and is stupidly heavy/overbuilt for FRC competition uses (like 300+ PSI).

The bigger black one looks like it's an off-road compressor tank used by off-roaders for air reserves. IE http://www.walmart.com/ip/42279947?w...590128&veh=sem

We have used the later on 2485 to good success.
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