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Has anyone built a combustion flipper? I was watching a bloke use a combustion nail gun and thought the principle would be good in a robot. _________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:55 pm
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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i imagine the fuel / air metering equipment would be prohibitive in the face of just using pneumatics. unless you wanted to use a carburettor or something to that degree _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:00 pm
DumHed Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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Location: Sydney
I've looked into doing it, but it's pretty hard to get reliable air / fuel mixing - and getting enough power out of it without compression. _________________ The Engine Whisperer
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:08 pm
Valen Experienced Roboteer
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we tried it a little but its too difficult to get compression we just went with Co2 in Plan-C _________________ Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets
Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:15 am
Knightrous Site Admin
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Location: NSW
Andrew and I also looked into it. Andrew was working on some 2stroke idea, but with out forced compression, powah wouldn't have been worth it... The next idea was to much up to .22 blanks _________________ https://www.halfdonethings.com/
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