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Re: [DFTF] Brave Pneumatic World...
Beware the duty cycle of the new compressor!
It is not designed for continuous operation and we managed to cook one during the elims at WPI week 2 this in Final 2.3. They piston ring (seals) failed from over heating and vented our pnumatics 30-45 seconds into the match disabling our robot. Unless you have a very large storage capacity the new compressor is so small it will run continuously and over heat.
Also the plastic accumulators that many of us used this year are amazing and worth the effort. I believe we have at least a 3 to 1 exchange with the old tanks.
Also remember for the devious side of things vacuum is not pnuematics and therefore exempt from all pnuematic rules.
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2006 Galileo Division Champions w/ 1126 & 201
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