Team UPDATE 1-21-2014

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Looks like we're not being granted use of quick exhaust valves this season. Maybe next year.

Dump valves are a great way to release an absolutely tremendous amount of energy in a very short period of time. I think the reason that FIRST has been reluctant over the years to allow them is likely safety-based. (One can make the argument that the same is true of elastic energy, etc, etc, but imagine what trouble an enterprising FIRST team can get up to with a couple dozen liters of accumulators and a dump valve at 60 psi....)