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Re: Recycling Air

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Originally Posted by Magnechu View Post
Can you recycle the released air by the rules? In order for this to work you would need a one way valve, does this exist?

Is their a minimum requirment of air tanks on the robot?
In regards to your first question, I don't know of anything prohibiting this. You should talk to Q&A first before you do anything, though.

As for the second, the answer is no. You could just have the compressor...but that almost defeats the purpose of pneumatics.
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