I was thinking that i may want to have the manipulator system on my rov to be pneumatic. An on board air supply is out of the question... so i would need a direct airline down the tether. Vinyl tubing should handle the kind of pressure i want just fine (or is there something more flexible i could use???) but i was wondering how thin i could go before i would risk significant pressure loss/not enough volume of air getting to the rov in a set period of time? I am only using small cylinders for the manipulator so i don't need tons of air.
I want it to be as this as possible and as flexible as possible... thoughts?
Thanks.
Pneumatic Line in tether
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Re: Pneumatic Line in tether
Sounds interesting and I cant say I have seen or read about anything like it before. I would go for it.
Re: Pneumatic Line in tether
for mate rover we used 3/16 inch vinyl tubing and it had no problem draging 30 ft of it while compressed.