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Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:16 am

Still more complex than my original idea :lol:
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:34 pm

Haha just put a barrel port on jsr's design and you've got yourself an engine with a built in pneumatic machine gun :lol: Maybe you could build a pneumatic tank!
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:43 pm

OMG just get an air cylinder and hook it up to a 3 way valve
(or a double acting cylinder & 5 way valve)


If you're uberambitious then convert a 2 stroke chainsaw engine to LPG or something like that :D
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:25 pm

I still say that a hammer valve would be infinitely better. (barring rotary valves of course). :D
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:38 pm

Haha just put a barrel port on jsr's design and you've got yourself an engine with a built in pneumatic machine gun Maybe you could build a pneumatic tank!
That would be sick :D

Poland, a cylinder and a three way would be expensive!
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:57 pm

Poland, a cylinder and a three way would be expensive
Cheaper than a custom machined compressed air engine. If you're such a cheap skate then get a ready made one from some air powered tool
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Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:01 pm

I'm not custom machining one, I'm using brass tubing from the hardware store that is like 2 dollars a stick.
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Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:05 am

I've said it for a long time, such a motor with high pressure and a narrow cylinder to prevent pressure loss coupled with a set of rotating barrels driven by the crank and fed by the motor exhaust = self powered pneumatic gatling :D
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 3:00 pm

Made an an animation ;)

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I couldn't help but laugh while watching it :D
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:40 pm

JSR, how would a narrow cylinder prevent pressure loss? Unless, you have an enlarged area above the cylinder to increase the air used per stroke, a narrower cylinder is going to start with less air than a wider one, and result in the same pressure loss...
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:46 pm

Insomniac wrote:JSR, how would a narrow cylinder prevent pressure loss? Unless, you have an enlarged area above the cylinder to increase the air used per stroke, a narrower cylinder is going to start with less air than a wider one, and result in the same pressure loss...
Fair point, what we need to reduce pressure loss is a separate reservoir...
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:55 pm

not bad but you'd still need a starting motor or some sort of mechanism that does that
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:58 pm

POLAND_SPUD wrote:not bad but you'd still need a starting motor or some sort of mechanism that does that
A hand?
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Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:03 pm

saefroch wrote:A hand?
How about shouting "contact!" and giving the barrels a spin :D

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