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Re: Kicking System Design Considerations

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Originally Posted by kwotremb View Post
We had a mechanism last night going with pnuematics that was kicking the ball just fine over a bump. Not enough for the field, but a bump just fine. Going to try tonight to see if we can make it kick any further, but at least gettting the ball from zone to zone or pushing a ball into a goal should not be a problem. Im sure some teams will be launching it the length of the field with pnuematics. (remember levers are your friend)
If I may ask, how did you have the pneumatics set up?
We had compressor -> two tanks -> regulator -> two tanks -> switch -> piston and the hit was rather wimpy. The piston was a 1.5" OD x 2" stroke. Thanks.