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Re: Pre-filling stored air

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
R44 specifies (among other things) that only one battery should be connected to the robot at any time. There is no rule that prohibits changing a battery after charging storage tanks.

Re-posting the stored energy rule:



There is nothing that says all energy at the start of a match must come from one battery charge. The one battery rule is there so that teams don't try to connect two batteries to the same robot, which is fraught with potential disaster.

Comparing the language between the pertient rules makes the answer obvious in my opinion.



If all electrical energy used by the robot comes from a legal battery (of which only one may be connected at a time per R44) you'll be fine. No reference to 'only one battery per match' or 'one and only one battery' or anything along those lines.

As compared to the compressor rules:



...one and only one compressor... powered by the robot. Use only one compressor, powered by the one battery that you're allowed to have on your robot at a time, and you're good. Change the battery after charging if you like, there is no rule against that. (If the compressor is mounted on-board it still must be powered and controlled by the robot.)

I will bet $1 that this is how FIRST intends the rules to be interpreted.
Better hope you never have to replace a compressor with that kind of interpretation.
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