May 2, 2014

Pnuematic Rocket Man

  The Pnuematic Rocket Man built by Rodger Cleye used a fire extinguisher fill of air to launch the rocket man high in the air. A camera on the man captures the view! “The pressure is gated by a solenoid actuated sprinkler valve. The valve solenoid is switched through an N- FET that is given a 500mS pulse from the AVR microcontroller. The sprinkler valve output is adapted down to