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Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 04:35:42 GMT
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Trevyn Watson wrote:

But this is exactly how Rob's window walker worked. I had the privilege
of seeing it first person, and he would work the pump a bit (to take air
out of the blue tanks), then start it going. Then after a while, he
would work the pump more. This is the same as any regular pneumatics
application (in which you build up pressure, then run for a bit, then
build up more).

I hope ive explained my point clearly :)

Hi, those who have the old pneumatics and a couple of the blue air tanks
may want to try the experimental setup at

http://www.geocities.com/cssoh1/primer/oldpneu.htm

Try it!

And I suspect the window walker critter would still work without the air
tanks :-)

--
C S Soh

CSSoh's Lego Pneumatics
http://www.geocities.com/cssoh1
... where air is power!



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  Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
 
(...) Hey, don't blame me if it should fall off though ;-) Speaking of wall climbing robots, does anyone have or seen one of these 4-legged Climb@Tron creatures shown at (URL) look kinda cute especially Vertibug. And at $14.95 each, they're a lot (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Pneumatics: the old and the new
 
(...) And most other pneumatics systems do too, but its easier if you have a tank in which you have a high pressure (or a low pressure). (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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(...) But this is exactly how Rob's window walker worked. I had the privilege of seeing it first person, and he would work the pump a bit (to take air out of the blue tanks), then start it going. Then after a while, he would work the pump more. This (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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