High Flow CO_2 Regulator

摘要

This design of mine came about to fix a problem with my main hobby, building and competing with fighting robots a.k.a. Robot Wars. The pneumatic weapons use CO_2 gas to power flippers and axes. The biggest drawback is lack of flow and weight from the usual CO_2 welding regulator, although these work well enough, when pressured up, the expansion of the gas rapidly cools everything and the rate of contraction of the dissimilar metals cause them to jam solid, either shut - no flow - or open - full pressure. Not ideal when someone is bearing down on you with an axe and your weapon is dead...