Pneumatic's Rules confusion

[Steve W]

Dave maybe you can find the answer to this question. I asked on the Q&A if you could use 6ft coiled connector hoses that are off the shelf. Now according to the rules they are connectors and off the shelf. They are not storage devices. Last year for some reason they were disallowed. They are the same diameter as the current hose that we receive in the KOP. The safety issue that we are concerned about is better because coiled hose does not flop around on the robot or swing in open air. When I asked the question all that was answered was check the flowchart. Why does FIRST not give us a yes or no answer. There is nothing worse than building and getting to a regional to find out that something is disallowed.

Thanks in advance for any clarification.