What kind of cylinders does your team stock?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dradel

Curious here... It was my understanding that parts that are used on a bot cannot be reused on a later bot if it is modified. Technically speaking wouldn't putting fittings into an air cylinder make it no longer off the shelf?

Technically... Yes. But the cylinder can be restored to COTS by removing those fittings. Takes 5 minutes or less. (OK, maybe plugging the output ports too.) And then you put the fittings back in.

You could also reference R16 from the 2014 rules, covering an edge case.

To answer the original question... 1197 has a couple of 2" bore, 24"+ throw cylinders laying around the shop (one in original packaging!), in addition to the usual 3/4" and 1.5" bores in various lengths. The big cylinders are primarily useful for "Hey, who wants a strong, slow, and heavy air-hogging mechanism?"