2012 New York City Regional

[Marc P.]

Originally Posted by jblay

To be clear I am taking issue with the off-board compressor requiring you not to have an on-board compressor and the off-board compressor having to be powered by the robot battery. If the compressor are the same specs why does it matter? Maybe I have a misunderstanding of the rule or the scenario.

As I understand the rule in question, the idea isn't that the specs between an on or off-board compressor are the same, but that the off-board compressor is governed by the control system. Pressurizing via the control system gives the cRio the ability to shut off the compressor once the electronic pressure switch indicates appropriate pressure has been reached.

Pressurizing manually with a non-controlled compressor opens the possibility of exceeding the legal storage pressure (even if only by a slight amount before the emergency relief valve pops).