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Originally Posted by Keeler836
I was wondering if anyone knew the velocity that a pneumatic cylinder would actuate at, I was thinking of using one on this years robot but i dont know if it would produce the necessary velocity to launch the balls as far as we would like.
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i dunno the numbers but no. i tried with a 3/4 bore cylinder with 4 FIRST tanks at 100psi and a tennis ball but it only launched it a couple feet at best.
but if you use an arm to extend the distance (And velocity) of the ball it will shoot a lot more. i had a phyz project that had size limits of 25cm high x 50cm long and i was able to shoot a tennis ball 10meters using a simple lever arm with 2 3/4 bore i think 6in stroke cylinders at initial 100psi with 4 FIRST tanks. with small sling arm.... sling arm would be cool but quite hard to reload in our robot's case tho