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Trevyn Watson wrote:
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> Umm... you still need the recharge the pressure in the tank once in a
> while, dont you?
But, of course. As was carefully explained in my earlier post at
http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=6795
Point is, you can store compressed air in a blue air tank (or as many of
them as you have in your possession) and then release it for use later
on. Then you charge it up again. Repeat as often as you like.
Try doing that with suction. Ouch, I hesitate to say *vacuum* :-)
--
C S Soh
CSSoh's Lego Pneumatics
http://www.geocities.com/cssoh1
... where air is power!
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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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