Thread: Orientation of ports on Thomas compressor
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Re: Orientation of ports on Thomas compressor
I stand corrected. The GDC considers this a modification of the compressor:

Q & A 2/7/08: "As delivered from the factory, the ports on the Thomas compressor are oriented along the length of the body of the compressor. Removing the top of the housing and rotating the ports would be a modification of the compressor, and is explicitly prohibited by Rule <R92>."

Please do not rotate the ports. We never intended to violate the robot rules and most certainly will not rotate the ports again. We could have easily rotated the ports back to the original configuration had the compressor failed during the robot inspection. I wonder how many other teams/inspectors missed this in the past?