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Re: Filling Robot Pneumatic Systems

Spoiler Alert! History lesson coming....
When FRC first allowed compressed air to be used on robots, (no it was not always the case) the rules were written for very specific implementations. On board compressor and a maximum number of metal storage tanks only. Then one day Bill Beatty of the World Famous Hammond Team asked if they could take the compressor off the robot to add weight for another device. The GDC at the time decided to agree with Mr. Bill. These were the provisions, moving the compressor off board could buy the team nothing but the weight savings in return for the risky choice to have no additional air for the match. That is the quid pro quo, weight for risk. We have added a few items to that original list, as listed in R86. So regardless of how you look at this, consider that the the compressor is on board and all rules apply. If you move the compressor off board, all the rules still apply but you are taking the risk that you run out of air.
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