2013 running 2 - VI air compressors legal?

[Racer26]

Why would you want to? Its not like off-board you gain anything by having two, since the time between matches is so large.

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

Why would you want to? Its not like off-board you gain anything by having two, since the time between matches is so large.

Saver wear on the on-board compressor. And faster recharging for those back-to-back elimination matches.

[Racer26]

I have yet to see an FRC compressor dead from wear in 10 years of competition. Not saying it doesn't happen, just seems infrequent enough that it shouldn't be a concern sufficient to warrant such an overkill solution.

and unless you have an extraordinarily large quantity of storage tanks on board, I've never seen an FRC bot take more than about 45-60 seconds to fill itself.

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

I have yet to see an FRC compressor dead from wear in 10 years of competition. Not saying it doesn't happen, just seems infrequent enough that it shouldn't be a concern sufficient to warrant such an overkill solution.

and unless you have an extraordinarily large quantity of storage tanks on board, I've never seen an FRC bot take more than about 45-60 seconds to fill itself.

You and I have clearly had different experiences in FRC

Not that I've seen a dead compressor, but I've definitely noticed compressors getting weaker after a competition.

[FrankJ]

R80 applies to the compressor on board or off board. So either way, you only get one. But only your inspector knows for sure.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Originally Posted by 1075guy

...and unless you have an extraordinarily large quantity of storage tanks on board, I've never seen an FRC bot take more than about 45-60 seconds to fill itself.

For Logo Motion our robot had 5 Pneuaire storage tanks that took ~5 minutes to fill.