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part B states:

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The Trailer Hitch must be rigidly attached to a fixed location on the ROBOT, with the long dimension of the Trailer Hitch horizontal and the opening of the C-channel facing away from the ROBOT. The horizontal center line of the Trailer Hitch must be 2-13/16 inches above the floor.

But if you build a robot with a 6 wheel design, with a drop down middle wheel, the robot would pivot and therefore the height of the hitch would change. Anyone have ideas/opinions? The rest of my team thinks that the change in height will be small enough to be irrelevent, but I want to be sure.

I'd post this on the Q&A myself, but no one knows the password to get on.

You do not need your team's official login to read the Q&A, it is only necessary to submit questions.

The GDC has already answered this question:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11160

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During inspection, acceptable tolerance on the Trailer Hitch altitude will be +/- 0.25 inches. During the MATCH, acceptable tolerance on the Trailer Hitch altitude will be +/- 0.50 inches, based on the dynamic motion of the ROBOT.

You can find your password in TIMS. Ask one of your mentors (your TIMS contacts) to go in and find it.

Ok, thanks. I did go to the Q&A section to look, don't know how I missed that. Thanks :)