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Re: Legalality of pnumatic ball launcher systems

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
It would seem that a tank that simply stores air would allow for faster response times if it's closer to the target consumer than all other consumers, espeically during times of large air consumption. Not sure of how much performance gain there is overall, but if the target consumer is short stroke and/or timing critical I can imagine it's a big enough difference.
No, the limit is the size of the pneumatic line. You would be much better served by having a tank at 120 back stream. You could buy a second regulator and run the one important cylinder off of that.
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