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| | | Jennifer Clark wrote: >I have (a little guiltily) taken the pneumatic elements from the box and applied >them in other models, which was interesting. Someone commented in another thread >about using the air tanks, and how the can badly affect a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: On the subject of air tanks ... —James Powell
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| | | | | (...) (snip) (...) You should see how long a 2.5 Gal air tank at 100 psi with a regulator will drive a pneumatic thingy!. I gave up on trying a all lego solution to my coal unloader (because it is "sticky", and the volume of air lost is large), and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: On the subject of air tanks ... —John Barnes
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| | | | | >You should see how long a 2.5 Gal air tank at 100 psi with a regulator will >drive a pneumatic thingy!. I gave up on trying a all lego solution to my coal >unloader (because it is "sticky", and the volume of air lost is large), and >went out and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: On the subject of air tanks ... —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) It is quite noisy, but it only runs for about 2 minutes, then shuts off. The tank of air is enough for about 3 full trains through the unloader, far more than I have ever ran through it (the RCX almost inevitably makes a good crunch of it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: On the subject of air tanks ... —Scott Harclerode
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| | | | Gentlemen (and ladies) 20oz coke or other softdrink plastic containers are rated at greater than 100psi. go figure. So are the 1 and 2 liter bottles. They must withstand being place in the sun in a hot car without exploding. Scott Harclerode (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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