1.1 CFM Air Compressors?

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

Anyone have experience with this compressor? Advice on where to buy?

We ran an off-board set up this year and loved it, I don't think we'll go back to on-board any time soon.

However, our old trusty Thomas compressors are getting old, and we are looking to upgrade. This looks like a great alternative.

-Mike

I really enjoyed how your cart included the compressor and water bottles for the drive team. How many pneumatics did you actually have on your robot this year to be comfortable not running a compressor on the robot? How long would it take to fill up your robot air tanks?

I am a bit skeptical of running no compressor on one of our teams robots. Especially with our pneumatapult on our bot this year.

Also not that I have any experience with the compressor but, Amazon seemed to have some comparable prices for the 330C-IG.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by Cash4587

I really enjoyed how your cart included the compressor and water bottles for the drive team. How many pneumatics did you actually have on your robot this year to be comfortable not running a compressor on the robot? How long would it take to fill up your robot air tanks?

I've attached our calcs for this year, using 1114's pneumatics calc sheet.

We had 8 tanks, all roughly the size of the black Clippard tank.

It took about 5 minutes to charge using an old Thomas compressor.

-Mike

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

I've attached our calcs for this year, using 1114's pneumatics calc sheet.

Could you post the link for that calculator? I've been looking for something like this.

[BenB]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

Could you post the link for that calculator? I've been looking for something like this.

Here's a more recent version of the calculator. We added extend and retract pressure in case we wanted to use inline regulators to save some air when we don't need as much force in one (or both) directions.

We've been using the compressor off-board since FIRST opened up the pnuematic air tank rules in 2011 to allow plastic air tanks, and haven't looked back.