2013 Pine Tree Regional

[ehfeinberg]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Now that I read the rule again, I'm not convinced. R80 prevents compressed air from being provided from multiple compressors, it does not prevent the potential for air to be provided from multiple compressors. I know this is essentially impossible to enforce, but as the rule is written, you could have an offboard and an onboard compressoras long as only one was used, assuming all other rules are met (which is sounds like they weren't, in this case).

Footnote: If this isn't lawyering the rules, I don't know what is.

I am pretty sure this is the correct interpretation. In 2011, 449 had two identical (and both 100% legal) pneumatic systems, one on the robot and one off the robot. Before every match we would use our off-board pneumatic system to precharge the storage tanks on the robot. All the inspectors seemed fine with this, and we used this technique through 2 different competitions. The inspectors just required that they could inspect both boards to make sure that they would both be legal if they were on the robot.

However, the 2011 wording is different from the 2013 wording, and it is always up to the Inspector on whether you can or can't do this.