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Originally Posted by Dimitri
Is the new compressor for 2011 season as durable as the old compressor? Does anyone know of any problems with it?
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Not even close. The duty cycle is really low, around 9%. We burnt one out in 1 regional during Final 1-3 at the WPI regional last year and its failure vented the pnuematics on our robot essentially preventing us from playing in the match after 30 seconds. The compressor had been new at the begining of the practice day.
Make sure you have plenty of storage on board so the compressor has time to cool off.
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