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[wazio]

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Mister Woody/Mario and anybody else who knows about pneu stuff. Now that Rocket (60lb Light weight) is getting built I am looking forward to the next bot. I REALLY want to get a feather weight FP flipper going. Something that can flip another feather a minimum of 6 feet in the air and be really compact; the hardest thing that I have had to deal with is the size issue! I can get all the parts and everything into an acceptable weight range, but then when I go to build a robot around it, the bot ends up being MASSIVE due to the size of the tank, buffer and valve and fittings. I think I can probably get Mister Mario to build me a system which has a manifold/buffer tank which will allow for some space and weight savings. And then I can mount the tank and use a flex hose to save space, but then there is the valve problem. The Burket (or whatever the standard valves name is) is big and heavy! Anybody know of another valve that is able to take FP but yet is smaller than the burket?
Thanks for the help guys. I will post pictures as parts get made for Rocket.

[Mouldy]

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ram/buffer/valve in one. Ill talk to you on msn or send you an e-mail. Will be awsome if you can get it to work.

[wazio]

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Wow... That is some cool stuff Dave! Gotta see what Mario could do about that one. Thanks

[maddox]

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That was what I tried to tell you about, Chad

[wazio]

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Well heck... That kind o thing you really need a picture to understand. LoL... But that could be cool. Can ya make it happen?

[woody]

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Dave ...Any pics that Ive sent you remain my intellectual property.

[wazio]

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Has anybody built anything like that yet? Or is it still just a drawing? If it were put into a CAD then I could have it made local.

[Mouldy]

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lol twas my picture, i drew it :P

Alan showed me the idea a few months ago, i started one, but thought it was abit to powerful for current arenas.

I think an Aussie did the idea a year or two ago for a featherweight. It broke its 20mm ali ram endcap. aparently.

[jamesb]

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pretty sure i asked mike lambert about the legallity of exactly this in a featherweight last year.
can be done, low pressure tester has been done, but was in that green nylon stuff so couldnt do too much with it...
Id actually not planned to have the valve integral, but mike suggested it when I described the all in one concept.
The test worked the same as any other system, but was real small.

[Mouldy]

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Design pics of what youve done would be nice.

[glen]

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I think an Aussie did the idea a year or two ago for a featherweight. It broke its 20mm ali ram endcap. aparently.

it just snapped the weld off the front cap and blew it out the front fence lol. they havent touched it since. but the idea works. and works damn well

[wazio]

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If anybody has pictures or a detailed description can you please put them up? I am trying to get a CAD of this thing going so I can have Mario or myself build it. I would prefer to have Mario build it, but with his house situation I might have to have a shop build it here. He€™s got to spend time on his house which I don€™t want to take him away from. I would like to have it going by RoboGames, but it all depends on the Ram€¦

[wazio]

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Ok, did a little CAD work today. 2.5b x 3s... 3/16 and 1/4 walls... Thicker on the top and bottom... All that is left is the bottom area where the valve thing a magie goes... Pictures are here.

-http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662227http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662227
-http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662162http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662162
-http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662161http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4662161

Talk to me... Help is needed!

[philip_taylor]

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That is a very interesting concept. I cant wait to see how the valve will work.

[woody]

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Your doing fine Chad

Oh! ....Dont forget the ram vent holes in the top plate.

(Message edited by woody on February 02, 2007)