Thread: Linear Shooters - How did you do it?
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Re: Linear Shooters - How did you do it?
The make a linear pneumatic shooter you must latch down the cylinder. By allowing it to extend 1/2way and then latching it in place your manage to store energy to later by used in firing. Similar actuating the cylinder stores very little energy where you need it and hence doesn't shoot the ball very far.

Note: It is actually better to allow the cylinder to extend about 1/3 of the way then latch it for maximum energy imparted. This can be seen by setting up an integral for the pressure vs volume graph.