Q&A 365 - important pneumatic ruling

[Jon Stratis]

I was just going through the latest round on the Q&A, and saw this:

Q. R87 Would pneumatic tubing be considered a "legal fitting" for the purposes of satisfying R87?

A. No.

https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Question/365/showquestion

And for those who need it,

R87. The relief valve must be attached directly to the compressor or attached by legal fittings connected to the compressor output port. If using an off-board compressor, an additional relief valve must be included on the ROBOT.

I believe this is different from what we saw last year, and something teams should probably be aware of. If I had to guess, they determined that connecting it through tubing is a safety issue, as it's much easier to block tubing (by getting pinched, for example... think of a garden hose with a kink in it) than it is to block a brass T fitting connected straight to the compressor.

Cue the over-hyped outrage we've seen from other Q&A rulings so far this year...