Thread: How to get the ball over the overpass!?
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Re: How to get the ball over the overpass!?
There are ways to launch the ball with pneumatics. Using only a small cylinder our team was able to obtain 2ft. of VERTICAL travel.

The trick is to fill the cylinder halfway (using a latch to prevent it from opening fully). Then once the latch is removed the cylinder will extend incredibly quickly.

It should be noted that this method is potentially unsafe and would require 2 2" bore 1.5ft stroke cylinders to provide about 8ft of lift, but it is definitely possible.
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