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Does 118 now have a triple balance mechanism?
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If you check below 118, you can see part of its bridge mechanism blocked by a head. And something tells me that this is the first time there was two stingers in a triple balance. |
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So when i was watching the CT regional they said that 228 could not have their stinger depolyed in the back court, because it would be taller than 60". Does this mean that in this photo 2168 is taller than 60" meaning that would be a penalty?
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118 does in fact use a stinger. A lot of us at CT huddled around their pit on Thursday as we watched them re-attach their shooter, add 2 speed transmissions, swap their bridge mechanism, and add their stinger. It was quite a site to see (although I'm sure they can elaborate on that better than I can).
2168 (as far as I know) in their starting configuration is short enough to be able to drop their stinger on the opposite side of the field and still not reach the full 60". I believe that the 228 machine is a fair bit taller. |
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If you have a stinger that makes the entire vertical height of your robot greater than 60", can you deploy it on the lane-side of your bridge without incurring a foul? Manual seems to say no. Quote:
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Sigh, 2168 has to be one of the best machines to not win a trip to the CMP this year. Gotta feel for those guys.
Also, if memory serves me, 2168's robot is under 4' tall in the starting config so assuming their stinger is 12" or less, they are still within the 60" height parameter. *Edit, see Josh's post below* |
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469 had it off to the side at waterford and used it a few times going up the co-op bridge.
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I believe the "transitional stage" allows you to be taller than 60" when you have a 'stinger' deployed. The head ref at boston talked to us about that and we were able to convince him otherwise; however its only a 3pt penalty even if you do violate the 60" rule.
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Be careful of the Stingers. If you enter the ramp from the opposing side, you can't exceed the 5' rule, you are in violation. The 5' rule will be measured from the top of your robot to the lowest part of your robot...the bottom of the stinger. There was a 3 point penalty in CT on Saturday, but wasn't the 1st one to be a penalty at a regional. You CAN exceed the 5' rule on your own side of the field. |
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Dave is right, there was no disqualification, but I believe the refs said a second violation would result in a yellow card and a third a DQ, so that in future matches it would not just a 3-point penalty, as someone earlier in this thread stated.
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Now wouldn't that also make it illegal to go over the bumb if you were exactly 60" tall? If you think about it you could be potentiallt 64" tall and be on the opposite side of the feild, no? Also the intention of the 60" while on d-fence was that you weren't blocking shots, so if you dont block any shots because of your stinger then they should just not call the penalty.
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look at all those colson wheels.
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hey guy just asking who won CT Regional ???
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What an epic picture. All three such clean bots. Love it!
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