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Q&A 365 - important pneumatic ruling
I was just going through the latest round on the Q&A, and saw this:
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Q. R87 Would pneumatic tubing be considered a "legal fitting" for the purposes of satisfying R87?
A. No.
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https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Question/365/showquestion
And for those who need it,
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R87. The relief valve must be attached directly to the compressor or attached by legal fittings connected to the compressor output port. If using an off-board compressor, an additional relief valve must be included on the ROBOT.
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I believe this is different from what we saw last year, and something teams should probably be aware of. If I had to guess, they determined that connecting it through tubing is a safety issue, as it's much easier to block tubing (by getting pinched, for example... think of a garden hose with a kink in it) than it is to block a brass T fitting connected straight to the compressor.
Cue the over-hyped outrage we've seen from other Q&A rulings so far this year...
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Last edited by Jon Stratis : 19-02-2014 at 23:19.
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