Do we have to use a compressor.

[EricRobodox]

We did this last year, an off board compressor, basically get all your old batteries, a KOP compressor, a relay and create a simple board that you take to competitions. This is completely legal. We did this last year as i said, but we also showed like 3 other teams how to do this, and helped 696 make one in Arizona i think it was, maybe LA, cant remeber. But my friend and i built it for the team, it was definetly a good choice because the only weight of pneumatics were the pistons and the valves (solenoids, regulator, gauges) basically. Very light and not too much harder to manage. If you want to be even better, add to the compressor a bunch of air tanks, that way you dont have to turn the compressor on with the robot for a long time, you can just have the stored air transfered into the robot between matches.


Note: If you want to build one, do follow exactly the BOM to make it as i said, i mentioned just a lazy parts list for it, there are a few more electronics involved. lol.