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Re: pneumatic catapults

Make sure to remove the fittings from the cylinder on the venting side to allow for maximum airflow out of the cylinder.

We used surgical tubing (cut in half to further reduce its stregnth) to retract the catapult after each shot instead of plumbing a retracting cylinder.
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