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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
Vacuum can be used for many things besides picking things up.
If you can figure out a way to store vacuum in a sealed tank (think solenoid valves) and prevent the vacuum from 'leaking' out through the venturi (think timing of air supply), then yes, you should be able to store vacuum prior to a match, by "charging" the tank in the pits, sealing it up.
Of course, this is merely my opinion, I cant say if it is legal or not, but this has been done by teams last year.
Don
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We did this in 2004 the only year it was technically legal. Note the solenoid use rule, R60, and the above quoted R87:
A vacuum is not a pnuematic system.
The solenoid rule clearly states that you can only use solenoid valves for pnuematics.
Vacuum is not equal to pnuematics therefore solenoid valves used to contain the vacuum are not allowed.
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