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Re: 80/20 as a storage chamber?

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Originally Posted by Billfred View Post
This was over a decade ago, but I recall reading about one team that used frame members as vacuum accumulators in 2004. Back then pneumatics rules were infinitely more restrictive than today, but vacuum was more or less unregulated. So they carefully sealed up a couple frame members (this was pre-kitbot, so beefier drives were common--heck, the "kit frame" was 2"x4" box aluminum), tapped the fittings, and went to town using that pressure (or lack thereof) instead.

No relevance to here--I think you're more or less hosed--but I dig the historical parallel.
On the topic of other silly accumulators: I believe it was T3 that used large amounts of pneumatic tubing (coiled) as an additional accumulator.


And I mean RIDICULOUSLY large amounts...
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