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Rcvd my pneumatic components yesterday ... and
am having doubts about their practicality. The smaller
cylinder and pump (5116 & 5117) are not powerful
enough to do much of amything of any use. The
larger set (5107 & 5108) have enough power to
lift and hold a full can of beer ... but powering the
pump is a problem. The 5225 motor (the one that
comes with MindStorm) is very difficult to gear ...
I haven't found an approriate ratio as yet. 1:15 stalls
the motor when pressure is built-up in the tank, and
1:45 never builds sufficient pressure. Need to do
more playing!
It sure would be cool to have it bring me a cold
beer when I shine my flashlight at it!!
- - - Nick - - -
Matthew Miller wrote:
> I have very little by way of pneumatic stuff; I've mostly avoided sets
> containing pneumatics. But it seems like there's some interesting potential
> when combined with Mindstorms. Has anybody made any interesting
> Mindstorms-controlled air-powered inventions?
>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) The small cylinders are of great use for actuators & orther small "switching" tasks... not good for lifting. (...) I have been disappointed in the "compressor" pump... It does not generate a very consistant presure, and it seems to have been (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) The small pump makes a fine compressor which lots of us use. I agree that the small cylinder is not that useful. The (...) Are you using a pressure limit switch to shut off the compressor? lu posted a design a while back which I captured on my (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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