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Re: Anyone else try pneumatic hurdling?
I ran the numbers (taking into account both elastic losses and air friction) to launch the ball 3.5 feet straight up in the air (i.e. from the top of a 3 foot robot. I'm not sure if you'd want this much force higher up) and while it would work theoretically with a 2 inch bore, 12 inch throw cylinder, the tanks would have to be fully charged to 60 psi....each time. And this is even launching it straight up, somehow relying on the robot's momentum to supply enough horizontal velocity. It doesn't seem like a reasonable design to me.
--Ryan
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