kicker idea input

[windell747]

Hi, I've seen many different kickers all over the place, however I wanted to create a thread that tries to gather the ideas for kickers in a single spot.

We're attempting to do a kicker using pnuematics that has adjustable range for gaol kick, midfield kick, and farfield kick. One idea we have is to have three pressure settings. I guess that would mean either an adjustable regulator or three different pressure lines leading to a single cylinder in which depending on the type of kick a different solenoid valve would actuate.

I guess one thing I havent quite figured out is how to make sure that the solenoids will not conflict with each other in controlling the cylinder.

Any ideas?

Also, this is a thread for all kicker designs! If any of you have other ideas that are better such as spring loaded kickers controlled by cams attached to motors please feel free to share!