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Re: 1212 pneumatic catapult prototype
Very Nice!
Did you select that starting angle for the cylinder on purpose? It seems like a good way to get around flow restrictions without added mechanisms.
It seems that is is what is happening:
1. The cylinder has a very short lever arm at the starting stage
2. Because of this, pressure must be very high for the cylinder to start moving
3. Once the arm starts moving, the cylinder gains leverage (the lever arm is longer) and moves the ball very quickly.
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Based on EXTENSIVE analysis of this image, I have concluded that we will have to use wires on our robots. I am certain of it. - theCADguy [more] 
11-01-2014, 23:30
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