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Originally Posted by NotBattleBots
Overkill-- maybe, not having to worry about compressors-- priceless.
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We thought about it but it is fairly expensive. We also have a very fast air compressor that will fill the entire thing in about 1ish minutes.
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Originally Posted by NotBattleBots
We also are using a vex cortex and controller to control the robot. It takes less time to boot and connect, and conserves roborio's for competition or practice bots. We continued to use the blue pdp like yours though.
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We already have the stuff do we don't really want to buy anything more, and if we need the roborio we'll just take it off.
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Cue argument over PVC barrel
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I've read quite a bit about this, and we've decided to use the regular pneumatic tubing from the storage tank to the shooting tank, metal pipe from the storage tank to the valve, and for the barrel we'll either use some stiffer drain pipe stuff (which is fairly soft and appears to be made of polycarbonate sheet) or metal.
though cue my signature "this is safe... right?"