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Re: Potential Energy stored in a pneumatic ram

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Originally Posted by svenw View Post
We did something simmilar in 2008, where our catapult was held down by a pneumatic latch. We then charged the cylinder powering the catapult with 60 psi, and when we wanted to fire, we essentialy pulled the pin. This worked quite well and we were able to fire the ball over the overpass easily.
How did you lock it in place? Did you use a piston to push a pin into the lock? Or did you just use the piston as the pin? If it was the latter, can you tell me what size your pistons were and how much damage was done to the smaller lock piston?