17-01-2013, 17:49
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AKA: Dan Waters
 FRC #1598 (Team Talon) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Danville, VA
Posts: 147
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Re: Vacuum Motors
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Originally Posted by Andy A.
Conceivably, you could use any of the 2013 motors from a rules compliance standpoint. Vacuum devices are not considered pneumatic components, so they are only subject to the general robot rules regarding mechanisms. You could fabricate or purchase a vacuum pump and power it with whichever motor(s) you pleased.
As per my reading of the rules, venturi type vacuum generators, which are powered by compressed air, are not legal as they are not explicitly permitted in R78.
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Not true based on this Q&A Answer. I thought the same thing so I asked.
https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Question/...eumatic-system
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If by hazardous you mean thinking about robots 24/7, waking up at 2am in the morning to jot some ideas down, completely losing your social life, and staring at a computer until your eyes hurt, then yeah! :D - looneylin [more] 
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