Our team is doing an off-season build competition that may involve pneumatics, but we don't have a compressor for every team. This means doing an off-board compressor design, but I can't find much info on how to actually do that.
Here's the standard pneumatic layout:
If I charge the system and simply remove the compressor, the air just escapes.
So what if I put a valve after the compressor?
That way when the system is charged, I close it, then remove the compressor.
Only one problem: if I accidentally leave the valve closed when I charge, I'm going to be charging just 6" of tube, and I'm going to have a bad time.
We have the emergency relief valve on the compressor, but I'd rather not rely on that.
How are you "supposed" to do it?