13-01-2015, 10:53
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AKA: Steve Peterson
 FRC #3081 (Kennedy RoboEagles) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Bloomington, MN
Posts: 577
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Re: Bigger Compressor
MrForbes is right. You need to think very carefully about designs that need lots of air to work.
One thing we've done in the past to help the compressor out is to run a fan blowing on the heat sink. Not so much during matches as when you're testing in the shop -- most of the legal compressors are rated for very low duty cycles and get quite hot. We started doing this after we melted the tube leading from the compressor.
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2016-17 events: 10000 Lakes Regional, Northern Lights Regional, FTC Burnsville Qualifying Tournament
2011 - present · FRC 3081 Kennedy RoboEagles mentor
2013 - present · event volunteer at 10000 Lakes Regional, Northern Lights Regional, North Star Regional, Lake Superior Regional, Minnesota State Tournament, PNW District 4 Glacier Peak, MN FTC, CMP
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