Off robot air compressor

[Ricky Q.]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

yeah, its in the rules that you can only use the suppled KOP compressor for your robot.

part of it is a safety issue. Compressor tanks tend to get water in them, and after a few years they must be discarded even though they look like new on the outside.

I would not want to be in the pits next to a team that dragged in some 30 year old compressor they got at a garage sale. Im sure thats not what your team intends to do, but FIRST has to draw the line somewhere.

So thats where they drew it: KOP compressor only.

Yup.

R96 - Pneumatic Storage
Teams are not allowed to remove or adjust the 125-psi set relief valve attached to the compressor.
You may only use the Thomas Industries compressor and Clippard Instruments air storage tanks provided in
the Kit to compress and store air on the robot. You may not use extraneous lengths of pneumatic tubing to
increase the storage capacity of the air storage system.