Pneumatic Restrictions & Improvments

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Depending on how much air you use, the Thomas can let you drop an air tank meaning weight and volume savings. If FIRST were interested in limiting the advantage in this manner, why not put a similar limit on batteries and their chargers?

Because it doesn't matter how many you bring (other than in terms of having spares ready to go for any team that needs them, especially your own), you can still only use one. And, the chargers are somewhat limited in practice, though not in quantity.



Yes, there are limits that seem rather arbitrary, and thus rather frustrating. Yes, that is a real-world challenge. (Along the lines of: No, you can't fit that there in the schedule. No, we don't have that kind of money lying around. No, you can't have any brown M&M's in the candy bowl. Yes, you have to be in bed by this time.) And it may be because those limits seem arbitrary that they're likely to stick around. Eventually, I predict that they'll either loosen up even further, or tighten up again on a couple of models. But until then, all the air on the robot has to come from one and only one compressor that meets robot specs. (And yes, that does exclude shop compressors.)