2015 FRC Inspection Checklist

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Tristan Lall

I don't think that's a question that requires the Q&A—though if you think it would elicit more widespread understanding, go ahead. The past and present rules say nothing specific about when the compressor may or must start, only when it must not start (when at risk of "over-pressuring the system" or language to that effect).

The robot code libraries even provide a standard method for doing this that gives you the option to either run it under pressure switch control, or not run it.

While I agree with that interpretation (which I think is clear in my post), that sort of behavior is not common. A majority of inspectors out there will see an unusual control scheme of the compressor and ask for the LRI, and most LRI's who haven't seen it before will sit there and scratch their heads... Their final ruling may or may not be correct in that situation as a result. The best way to ensure 0 problems at the event is to ask the question and make it absolutely clear for everyone that it's legal. With Q&A in hand, the team can help to educate their local inspection crew about a situation that, I think, we might see more and more of in future years (due to the "drive train arms race" and a desire to get as much pushing power as possible).