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Originally Posted by dradel
You would have to bring the off board compressor with you to que. not a huge deal seeing as it must be powered by the robot per rules anyway.
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Yeah, no, it's a huge deal.
You can't tether to the robot on the field, so you would have to precharge while queueing - but if you're not allowed to charge while queueing either, and you're required to dump air in the queue line, it's impossible to start the match with air.
It is legal and sometimes a very good idea to build a robot with no on-board compressor, but with many air tanks. These tanks can take upwards of 2 minutes to fill. These robots basically need to be filled in the pit or partially in queueing in order to be able to compete. If these designs are feasible at some competitions but not at others, that really isn't fair.