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Re: 5010 T-Shirt Launcher Prototype

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
If you're planning to use it during basketball season, either you're using too small of a solenoid valve or you're going to have shirts hitting the roof of any normal-sized gym. We launched a t-shirt over the top of our football stadium last night with less than 60psi in the secondary tank, using a 3/4" diameter solenoid valve.
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Originally Posted by carpedav000 View Post
If the solenoid is the issue, though, longer barrels should do the trick
Thanks for the input guys! We'll do some more testing to see how lowering the air pressure and increasing barrel length affects our shots.
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