Compressor Rule Question

[Sanchberry]

What if we use one compressor and fill up the tanks with an on-board compressor in our pit before the match, and use the same Air compressor in matches

[nicholsjj]

I think the bigger issue can come in with pneumatics and the battery. If you precharge your system with a "fill" battery wouldn't that violate R34 being that the stored air on your system was from a second battery making you have a two battery power system. If the compressor off board is the exact same as the one on board of the robot wouldn't that be the same as switching the cost compressor between matches. It doesn't give any advantage to the team and in my opinion it is safer due to the system being less heated. I understand that two nonidentical compressors would be against the rules, but isn't swapping out two identical compressors the same as swapping out batteries between filling the system?

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Sanchberry

What if we use one compressor and fill up the tanks with an on-board compressor in our pit before the match, and use the same Air compressor in matches

If you are using the same compressor, that is only one compressor?

Q&A Q382 seems to rule against off board air storage.

You can change batteries after charging your air tanks. If you were to ask, the GDC would probably reply that compressors aren't batteries.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by FrankJ

You can change batteries after charging your air tanks. If you were to ask, the GDC would probably reply that compressors aren't batteries.

And the GDC was asked, and Yes they replied, see Q88.

But no, no comparison was made that batteries aren't compressors</humor></poetry>