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Off season project: T-shirt cannon. :eek:

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Who you gonna call?

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We disassembled our t-shirt cannon rally robot last season. We have plans for a new and improved one!

Are you suggesting we also make a hand held backpack T-shirt cannon?

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Looks like a Proton pack from Ghostbusters.

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You might want to ask a Q&A about using the backpack off field at an event.

Per rule R68, one and only one compressor. My Lead Robot Inspector interprets that as: Only one compressor at the event. A second compressor is allowed in the pit as a replacement part.

I know if you are at my event, you would not be allowed to use it.

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We understand the limitations of compressing at an event, but we'll ask those involved with running each event we go to if they have a problem using it at all, even if we leave the venue and charge outside. Chances are that they won't allow it any way or place, but being able to charge tanks before matches with this pack would be so great if it could ever happen. This contraption is primarily for practice and demos anyway.

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Don't even get me started about this...

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How do you mean?

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Dude robot inspectors are 10/10 dabes

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At an event (even on the practice field), the air has to come from the one compressor. You can't bring in air from the outside.

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I have been lucky enough to not have to deal with it, but I have friends on other teams who have come into issues regarding the rules about air coming from one compressor, having other compressors in the venue, and LRIs making up their own opinions about rule intent.

sorry to derail

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Use the Q&A to get a ruling you can print and bring to the event.

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Regardless of legality, this thing is just cool.

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I think we may be able to get away with this at some events IF we only use it to compress when testing systems in the pit and practice field. This could actually be useful for the practice field, due to the limited time.

But we have to remember that we need to compress with our single on board compressor before an official MATCH to make sure the matches themselves are all done by the book.