Slowing a piston with full power

[AndyH]

You can also try getting a pipe plug and drilling a small hole in the plug and screw it in the exhaust port of the air valve. This will slow the exhaust and therefore slow the piston. It works well and you simply keep drilling out the hole till the desired piston speed is achieved. You can also get adjustable flow control valves. I like the pipe plug trick because once it is correct it can not be adjusted and messed up. I use this in industrial applications all the time.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by AndyH

You can also try getting a pipe plug and drilling a small hole in the plug and screw it in the exhaust port of the air valve. This will slow the exhaust and therefore slow the piston. It works well and you simply keep drilling out the hole till the desired piston speed is achieved. You can also get adjustable flow control valves. I like the pipe plug trick because once it is correct it can not be adjusted and messed up. I use this in industrial applications all the time.

Do not do this. While it may be acceptable in some industrial applications, it is not acceptable on an FRC robot. Read the rules in Section 8.3.4 very carefully.

Just stick with the suggestion to use the flow control valves provided in the Kit Of Parts. They are provided for just this purpose.

-dave


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