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Re: Team Update #5
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Originally Posted by EricH
Nope, because the smart teams always build smaller than the box to allow for bolt heads. Bolt heads are exempted from the frame perimeter. So it's quite possible to have a bolt head sticking out from the volume defined by the frame perimeter (vertical dimension infinite). Before this ruling, that would have been an issue--it was last year. Now that this update has come out, there is much rejoicing that this doesn't have to happen again.
The box is still the box; no leniency on that for being oversize.
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That's good. I thought FIRST was starting to go easy. Who knows maybe the next update would have been "its ok if your .5 lbs overweight?". Now that I understand the difference, an overall good ruling.
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