[ngreen]

Yes and no. Compressed air can be compressed more but it won't be very much compression if you are using it at near 60 psi. That is not the problem. If you make sure to lift yourself more than a couple inches from the ground and don't have any leaks in the system you should have no problem with staying up. One problem tends to be that with a 130 lb robot it will take a 2" bore 48si of pressure to cause the lift need to pull it up. That is not including the dip in pressure the lift would cause making it more like 55-60 psi to complete the lift. Compression would happen but with a 2" bore with 50-60 psi it wouldn't be more than a couple inches.

My personal tip to everyone is to not use pneumatic to lift the robot up but use "the force" like my team hopes to. We have bypassed robot designed to train in the art of the Jedi and we plan to have mastered "the force" by the time we get to Houston and Atlanta. My team pledges to use "the force" with gracious professionalism when using it. May "the force" be with us.

Plan B involves calling on "the swartz" while dangling a lucky rabbits foot.