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Seeing CO2 powered Bots vent huge clouds of white mist is quite a common occurence on the American BattleBot Tapes, so the humidity must be quite high..
Either the location does it, or as I've heard from the competitors, the BattleBox becomes quite "The SweatBox" after a while basically being a sealed environment under the glare of the TV lights..
Maybe someone should do an analysis of the resulting fog and determine its chemical constituents and see if we're just talking about normal condensed atmospheric water vapour, or whether there is a higher than normal "organic matter" component from sweaty builders. (Oops, theres that Techie Shit-Speak Again ) _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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On the condensation from CO2 systems... back when I played competition paintball (skirmish - to most Aussies), we noticed 'white gas clouds' all the time - reguardless of the weather, temperature or humidity. There was more gas visible on humid days -of course....
I'd think the emissions were a result of the (lower temperature) pneumatic system comming into contact with the warmer air..
Before deciding on the spinner for Malice of Forethought, I was looking at pneumatics (launcher or clamper/control). The "gas smith" (paintball gun-smith) I was talking to was talking of a modified paintball gun to fire the weapon. Such a weapon would purge its gas shot (as visible as a paintball gun shot) at the end of each weapon firing cycle.... maybe this style of pneumatic system is commonly used in the USA ??? _________________ There is no such thing as excessive carnage.
Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:28 pm
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yeah, the mist is caused by the air contacting the different temperature. _________________ ( •_•)
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the guy probably just vents the gas out of a really small exhaust port or something. i know techno destructo used to blanket itself in the exhaust gas _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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