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Wetzel

08-01-2005 12:42

Battery not Included

Per 5.3.2.2, the 120lbs weight limit does NOT include the battery or the short cable.

:D

Wetzel

UsmanB

08-01-2005 12:43

Re: Battery not Included

yap :) that sounds good to me.

Deltafrog

08-01-2005 12:48

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sw33t!!! :D

Lil' Lavery

08-01-2005 12:50

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YES!
thats exactly what i shouted when i read this, which caused the entire room to turn and look at me funny.

UsmanB

08-01-2005 12:52

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

YES!
thats exactly what i shouted when i read this, which caused the entire room to turn and look at me funny.

lol

oops sorry, didnt meant to make this post, just thought it was funny.

BandChick

08-01-2005 12:52

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I agree with everyone else that this is a good rule. It allows more things to go into the robot itself. Just remember, even though its WEIGHT doesn't count, you still need a place to put it!

Also,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I have a simple request. This is for something that we all do once in a while. But since these boards are sooo busy these days, I am requesting that we refrain from posting needless stuff and be more efficient. People need to refrain from "chiming in" with something that really doesn't add to the discussion.

That being said, I will stop playing moderator since I am not one, and ask you simply not to post with "wow, yay!" or the like.

Matt Krass

08-01-2005 14:57

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Her'e's a potentially stupid question, why is this such a big deal? They also dropped the weight limit to 120 lbs. so what do we gain?

CmptrGk

08-01-2005 15:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

Her'e's a potentially stupid question, why is this such a big deal? They also dropped the weight limit to 120 lbs. so what do we gain?

it depends on the weight of the battery. i do not know the weight of this years batterys, lets say for thid 12-14 lbs. now take 12-14 away from 130 and you get 118 or 116. now it seems to me, if these are the correct weights for the batteries, that there was an increase of 2-4 lbs on the robot. but again, i do not know the weight of this years batteries. so my hypothesis may be completly flawed.

Biff	08-01-2005 20:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CmptrGk

My read on why they did this was due to the variations in battery weight.
We have 4 batteries that the scale at competition measured them from 12.4 to 13.6 pounds. All have about the same amount of wire on them. This also removes any of the very bad, "I heard about some team that weighed with a hollow battery." Everybody needs a battery to move most other things in the KOP don't have that kind of mass variation. Just my two cents Biff

Kyle	08-01-2005 20:36

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this will be a great advantage to all teams because now we don't have to try to find the "light" battery to use so we make weight, when i say light i mean the one that was not 12.6 but was only 12.4 not using a hollow one or anything like that.

Lil' Lavery

08-01-2005 22:35

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A)It removes the cheating(not saying anyone does it, but it probably happens), and the random variations of battery weight/wire length from the equation.
B)The extra 2 or 3 lb.s dont sound like much, but when your filing off bolts to make weight, they sure do...

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