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c s soh wrote:
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> 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.
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> Try doing that with suction. Ouch, I hesitate to say *vacuum* :-)
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 don't know if this will help or hurt my argument, but here it is:
When you use any regular pneumatics device, you are applying exactly the
same principle as the winodw walker. You are relying on the fact that
you have enough pressure in your system pushing your cylinder outwards
to counteract the air pressure pushing in the opposite direction.
I hope ive explained my point clearly :)
Trevyn.
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| (...) But, of course. As was carefully explained in my earlier post at (URL) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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