1.5 inch valve
BETA 1
testing Piston valve vs sprinkler valve

Partners:

• INTEL
• PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
• Garland Manufacturing Company
• INSITU
• ace hardware

INTEL mentor Randy is assisting the honkers in designing and building a piston valve launcher

see the WIKI for rules and discussion

Click HERE for high speed camera stills from testing at AHS
Field test at the last home football game.  With a little help from TORCH of the Tri-Cities FEVER arena football team

COMPLETE build Document in PDF
submitted to Intel for contest
CLICK HERE (adobe reader required)

• medium angle shot with slight cross wind.
• loose roll held together with 1 rubber band (as they shoot in the FEVER arena at close range)
• 50pSI nitrogen (what we had on hand)
• range- mid-field to lane 4 of the track
• launch/reload/charge cycle time... less than 1 minute
• injuries-minor abrasions and contusions from the mêlée that can only be described
   as similar to overly competitive bridesmaids battling for the bouquet at
  a wedding reception!