jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> "BARRY OLIVER" <DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us> wrote:
>
> : ..Because I am going to the mid-ohio Supebike races that same weekend. I was thinking of buzzing up Saturday evening (or maybe Friday night) to see everybody depending on when the races end, but I don't know when... Actually, that's a project I have been working on, it's sitting right next to my golf-ball launcher. I am working on feeding issues with both, and how to make a constant air supply work for the paintball gun. The golfball cannon uses propane for motivation, but I doubt I could adapt that
> to fragile paintballs...
>
>
> I would think that it would require a high pressure valve which would
> open very quickly (sounds expensive). :-( A large CO2 tank would take
> care of the supply - would just have to make sure to keep the line size
> adequate, and of course find a solenoid capable of flowing enough CO2
> and opening fast enough to fire the paintball.
If anyone watches Monster Garage, they had a trick pneumatic golf ball
launcher on one episode (turned a Porsche into a driving range ball
pick-up cart). Seemed to work extraordinarily well, fired multiple
balls per barrel per opening of the valve, fed from a hopper.
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