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Originally Posted by Nitroxextreme
im really confused now
i have a contact at another team and he says that in the past they can use other pnuematics as long as the team pays out of their pocket
Also i heard that one year they allowed a team to use all SMC pneumatics
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Rules from prior years DO NOT APPLY to this year! So even if teams were allowed to use SMC products in the past, that is irrelevent as far as this year is concerned.
With regard to the allowed pneumatics for this year, read <R90> and <R91> very carefully.
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Originally Posted by Kautz
There are no 1/2" bore cylinders on the order sheet only 3/4", 1-1/2" and 2" bore.So you can not use 1/2" bore cylinders of any stroke?
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That would appear to be correct. 1/2" bore pistons are not available this year on the Pneumatic Components Order form (nor were they available last year). Under <R90> we can only order pistons identical to those on the order form, which include only 3/4", 1-1/2" and 2" bore pistons. Therefore, 1/2" pistons would not be legal.
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Originally Posted by jrocket567
It does seem a little more confusing than last year.. the best I can understand it is that you can use as many cylinders, rotary actuators, etc as you want, as long as they are listed on the custom order sheet.. but the thing that is throwing me off is the flow chart.. it states that you can use any pneumatic devices off of previous year's bots.. so if I have a 1/2in bore (they are not on the list this year) on last year's bot, can i take it off and use it this year??
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1/2" bore pistons were not legal items last year (they are not listed on page 19 of the 2004 FIRST Pneumatics Manual - only 3/4", 1-1/2" and 2" bore pistons were allowed). Based on that, the flow chart and the rules seem consistent. You could use any legal pistons or valves from last years pneumatics kit (all the elements of the 2004 pneumatics kits are included in this years kit, except we get two double solendoid valves instead of a single and a double, and the Texas Instruments pressure transducer is missing), and they would be permitted under <R91>.
-dave