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Re: Cylinder Force Calculation
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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
a smaller diameter cylinder will fill up faster, but it will have less force on its pushrod. The force a cylinder generates is equal to the surface area of its internal; piston plate times the pressure of the air you feed it with.
So, yes, a smaller diameter cylinder will pressurize faster, but the trade-off is less output force.
Is there some reason why you dont want to implement the release-trigger like I drew in the diagram? its probably the easiest way to make a pneumatic shooter.
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I think a lever would be a better idea. Where a bar has a pivot on one end, then have the piston in the middle then the other end of the bar hits the ball.
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