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View Poll Results: Which would you take have on your robot with the conditions in the post?
The compressor and one accumulator 10 58.82%
Four accumulators 7 41.18%
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Re: Compressors vs. Accumulators

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Originally Posted by Swampdude View Post
Reason is last year they made the charging system rules very strange and they do that every year. It becomes very stressfull before a match when that portable compressor setup doesn't work, or pass the "todays new inspection rules".
I agree 100%. I voted for the compressor being on the robot. In my experience the value of having the compressor off the robot is overshadowed by the murky rules given to inspectors. No joke: at one regional the inspectors made us connect our off robot compressor to a Spike relay.
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