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Unread 19-08-2007, 21:51
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Re: pneumatic potato gun i made
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Originally Posted by Tim Arnold View Post
Inline sprinkler valve is the answer for quick dumping of the tank. They work magic. We purchased plans from http://www.americanaircannons.com/plans.html for building a t-shirt launcher (yes its called a "launcher", not gun, shooter, or cannon, the school doesn't like that). The main bit of the project is a 3/4" or 1" in-line sprinkler valve, which has a manual control on the back and the solenoid (which is 24V AC) oddly works with 12V DC off of a spike.

Anyway, here is ours, attached to our 2005 rookie bot:
It may just react quicker to a higher voltage.

-John
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