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Re: Pre-charing pneumatic air tank

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
I think I see the problem: when I read "Disconnect on-board compressor (as though to remove it and replace with a spare)", I assumed that meant "take it off the robot (like you would to replace with a spare)", not "unplug its air hose".
Considering that the goal is to end up with a fully-pressurized pneumatic system, I would expect that unplugging air hoses would be problematic. My interpretation of the "disconnect" proposal was that it was talking about the electrical connections, but since it seemed very unlikely to meet the requirements of the rules I didn't pay a lot of attention to the details.

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As the former, it's essentially two spare part swaps in quick succession. As the latter, I can see why it might be more problematic.
I can't see any benefit in doing (or pretending to do) such a double swap, so I doubt that was the intent.