Pneumatic Air Tanks

[Matt C]

Originally Posted by JesseK

The Q&A seems to [url=http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=16123]confirm that there is no restriction on quantity or type of storage tank. Just be sure to consider the engineering tradeoffs of actually having such a high volume of stored onboard, considering that technically the volume must be filled by the 1.03 cfm compressor even in the pits.

There are tradeoffs, they're just somewhat subtle.

I love the clippard tanks, but I also remember back in 2000 when the pneumatics first came out, and you had to run to the pit station to get a fresh tank after every match (that thing was HUGE though). There would be nothing preventing a team from constantly refilling tanks equipped with valves, and swapping them to quickly recharge the robot's pneumatics system. (Assuming everything is being done by the ONE compressor).

I've seen a few tanks out there that weigh a bit less, and take up a bit less room than the clippard tanks. That's more what I'm looking at.

I KNOW at least one team is going to have a crazy pneumatics setup this year.