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Re: On the subject of air tanks ...
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:53:11 GMT
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> My two cents worth on air tanks; • (snip)
> I am one of those unabashed Lego Non-Purists (Impurists?) and I have done some
> hacking in the area of airtanks.
> As for airtanks, Lego's blue tanks are fine if you only need a couple of
> cubic inches. I
> am currently using a bottle from a supersoaker. It hasn't exploded yet and
> it has the
> capacity to run a pneumatic "thingy" for quite a while. I provide the
> initial charge by
> hand and then allow the motorized pump to keep it topped up.
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 bought a 1 hp compressor, with tank and regulator. Reg. is set to
30 psi, and the air moves stuff in the right sequence when the RCX gets it
right at least!
(oh, the motor probably has less than 20 min run time on about 100 cycles of
the unloader. I am currently trackless, so I cannot demonstrate it right now
at all)
James
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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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