Team 2264 t-shirt cannon

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Marc S.

They keep their tanks at 3000psi, they're always charged. The solenoid they use is very expensive, I can't remember where they got it. It is adjustable, although even on the shortest distance setting it goes VERY far.

That is not correct. This would be EXTREMELY dangerous, as the solenoid is only rated to 150 PSI (I believe).

We have one tank at ~3000 psi and the "accumulator" tank at ~150 PSI.

We can sort of adjust distance by changing the time the solenoid is open for.

We got the valve from MAC. I would say that this isn't such a specialized application that the exact valve we used needs to be used.

I would encourage teams wanting to create something similar to research what's out there. We picked the valve we used for a number of reasons, safety being the primary concern. Even if the exact part number does not exist anymore there are countless functionally identical valves out there.