pneumatics for featherweight

[Liftoff]

If you already bought the parts, then you still have another part to purchase, ie the tank...there are various sizes which you could use.
I honestly don't feel I should tell you how to fill it if you're attempting to build your own tank...its for your own good mate, this stuff could be potentially lethal...

[Rahulvyas]

Okay, i will buy the paintball tank, is a 12oz enough or 20oz?
And, My 2" stroke is fine or I shall consider 3"( but bit bigger bore) ?

[Rahulvyas]

BTW, the tank in your setup( in the 2nd post), how heavy is it( 1 pc tank) ?

[Liftoff]

Have you got a design for your robot? I mean, dimensions, materials to be built from etc...6kg is not much especially when going the pneumatic way.
The 12oz bottle I have weighs 0.6kg, but you could do better with a 9 or 5 oz tank.
I really cannot help you much without seeing what you're building...

[Rahulvyas]

thanks, i just prepared the robot in 2 days and today got BEST ROBOT DESIGN award, lol. small event but still..
I will now go slow and make a better robot, will use 12oz bottle this time, which cylinder did your liftoff use?

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

Congratz on your award, we'd love to see some footage.

And on another note, how were the safety measures?

[Rahulvyas]

Thanks!


Safety measures for what?

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

fully enclosed arena for one

[Rahulvyas]

naah, it was like a small sumo wrestling robot arena, here in small events no one cares about safety

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

So no spinners allowed?

Or does someone needs his eyes removed before safety becomes a priority..

No offence to you personally, but safety should always be a concern.
Even our 150grams antweight won't fight unless there is a fully enclosed arena.

[Rahulvyas]

In our school level events generally there are no safety measures, I know its stupidity, but no one cares lol.

Spinners are allowed, but generally people are not so intelligent to build spinners which can spin at high speeds!

[Liftoff]

I fully agree Neils...even if no spinners are allowed, if pneumatics; especially if homade stuff like tanks and rams are being used, then for sure you need more safety precautions. I've seen an accident on youtube, in India I believe, and the injured kid is lucky to have got away with his life.

[Rahulvyas]

Yes, i too agree with you, I will make sure I follow the fightingrobots's safety standards when I am designing the areana for robowars when it will be held in my school. Thanks

liftoff are you on skype or g+?

[Niels - Team K.a.L.M.]

The trouble is, it doesn't take a genius to make a spinner go fast.

Getting one to run fast and be reliable is more of a challenge.

[Rahulvyas]

haha well you are right, here robo wars is a new thing, so not many people are good at it.

Anyway, liftoff, the 150psi pressure we were talking about before is the pressure that is regulated to the cylinder or which is stored in the tank? if that is it , then what psi pressure we store in paintball tank?

Thanks