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Re: Robotic T-Shirt Cannon

we just finished it so we didnt have time to work out the details. How many shots on each tank depends on how quickly the pneumatic valve opens and closes, thats a simple thing to change in the code but we havent had time to find the perfect value. So far it looks like we can get about 2 shots per charge, but it starts filling air as soon as it fires and it only takes about 3-6 seconds to go from fully empty to fully charged.

note: the shot in the video was taken at 20 psi with a leaky pbc joint. before we had the turret mounted to the tank treads we were shooting at 60 psi. the video of the turret is on cheif delphi/youtube somewhere...