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I know this sounds syupid after all th talk of air tanks, but what exactly can you use air tanks for?? (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Think about using a hand tire pump to inflate a tire/tyre... it only has the capacity of the cylinder you are pumping... compare that to running a pnematic pump with no tank... you could never pump fast enought to keep up with an air chisel... Now (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are compressors that could keep up with that (and more), nut you wouldn't want to connect the to your legos:) (...) I've been toying a bit with pneumatics, and I really like them, have a few tanks too, but I'm not sure how good they are. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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John Jensen wrote... (...) Thanks John. Here's the URL in case some new folks don't know where the design is... (URL) (...) There is a regulator I designed using the polarity switch at... (URL) (...) Ahhh. I just got the BarCode Truck in the mail a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I guess I jumped around a little in my analogy... (...) (A HAND PUMP) fast enought to keep up (...) ... (...) Agreed... (...) What do you think of a bladder-filled air tank similar to a water tank? Would it have any advantages? Dave (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ahh yes:) But the CodePilot does more than make noises, I have a regulator implemented with a small cylinder with rubberbands (for retraction) which touches one of the switches, when pressurised enough, when that happens I let the compressor (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. (...) Has anybody tried putting a touch sensor on an input of the code pilot and an input of the RCX simultanously? I have a light scanner that consists of a light sensor, a motor and a touch sensor for the rear position. The motor (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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