Gas Shock Legality?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Karibou

So would that mean that using a spring to store energy at the beginning of the match is illegal too? I would think that bending/expanding/etc a spring (or in this case, using a gas shock) of any kind would qualify as "deforming a ROBOT part."


Definitely hit up the Q&A with the question, though.

Springs are a deformed part and thus are allowed under <R01-D>

Originally Posted by Mike Betts

Daniel,

<R01> does explicitly permit the deformation of robot parts (part D).

See also Team Update #7 further addresses this...

Regards.

Mike

Compressed gasses are not deformed parts, if they were then we would not need pneumatic rules.

<R01> does not specifically allow compressed gasses (other than the pneumatic system) to be used as stored energy.

Personally, I see no issue with using it as long as it was legal and safe.

Mike, If you believe that compressed gas shocks are allowed to store energy at the beginning of a match, please show me the exact rule. TU#7 does not directly address compressed gasses at all, just the safety of stored energy.