2012 New York City Regional

[Grim Tuesday]

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.

The advantage this provides is that, if you have a Rookie compressor, you can burn it up running all match. Using another offboard one can alleviate this, if you pre-charge it from that one, so you aren't putting any more strain on it. Then it becomes a design choice: A 5 lb compressor that has a better duty cycle, or a 2.5 lb one that doesn't.