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Re: Questions about AM super shifters
217 had 8 (visible, maybe more hidden) tanks and no onboard compressor.
They actuated their minibot deployment, claw, and shifting pneumatically.
We needed a compressor due to the air usage of the dual drive, and still ran low on air at the beginning of the season (With only 2 of the plastic tanks and the Viair mini-pump). We later added more tanks, and are currently at 6, and seem to be OK, but it takes 3 minutes to pump up.
Relating to the shift pistons, we used modified SuperShifters (same guts, new side plates, AM long shaft, spacers instead of the box) with small cylinders, to fit the battery in between the drive CIM's (vertically). We had to machine a new interface plate for the piston (we took the AM one and added more holes), and an odd stud (1/4-28 one end, #10-32 on the other) to interface with the pistons.
We had no issues with the modified SS's on the competition robot, or the stock SS's on the practice robot all season. Each robot saw many hours of use.
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