So I’ve been having trouble with this for a while now. Our 1 piston mech won’t tilt the goal enough. I think if I move the piston up and out more, it will have more force to tilt? Can anyone confirm this or come up with other methods?
Add more cylinders. This doubles the amount of force you can output, but it will consume more air and it requires owning another piston.
Add more rubber bands. This means that your lift will have a slower time opening but it will be able to close faster and apply more pressure to the goal.
More the piston further from the pivot point. Since T=Fd, if you move the piston further from the pivot point, the torque applied to the tilter is increased, however, the angle that the tiler moves, will decrease.
My team recommends a regulator that is tightened because it adds more pressure (they said that I am not good with pneumatics so if it does not work it is not my fault).
You need to modify the geometry of your lever for it to have enough leverage to work while being able to grab the goal at the same time, how you do that is up to you
edit: the cylinder also doesn’t appear to be normal to the lever at its clamped point, you’ll get more torque if you fix that