Lack of Pneumatic Fittings

[FRC358]

Without the typical donation of plastic hose fittings as part of this year's kit, the pneumatics is impossible for rookie teams to setup out-of-the-box.

Will you publish guidelines and recommended sources for rookies who don't have the ready supplies of past parts that the veterans have?

[GDC]

There are many, many parts contained within the FRC Kit Of Parts that require some modification and/or adaptation before they can be used on a robot. It is not intended that the Kit provide a complete, comprehensive, single source solution for building the entire ROBOT. Rather, the Kit is intended as a starting point from which the TEAMS may design and construct a full custom solution to suit their own particular objectives. We may direct TEAMS to vendors that have supplied parts that are included in the Kit so that they may obtain replacement or additional Kit parts. But we do not provide general statements regarding sources for non-Kit items. That is left up to the TEAMS, based on their individual unique needs.