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Re: Pre-filling stored air

I'd also note that by "another battery" that should be another legal FRC battery, through a standard battery connector, etc.

The whole point of this portion of the pneumatics rules is to mostly limit the stored power on the robot to what's supplied by the ONE legal battery powering the ONE legal compressor. Onboard or offboard compressor, airing up your robot should be exactly like it was running an onboard compressor on the field during a match. Ask yourself if what you're doing is something that'd be legal during a match, minus size/weight constraints for an off-board compressor. If it's not legal during a match, it's not legal in your pit in prep for a match.

This means you should think about your air consumption and how well your system would work with a 6 minute field timeout between Finals matches. If you can't fill your tanks from empty or end of match level to full enough in 5 minutes, you're using too much air.
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