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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Now this is where it confuses me, we purposely left our modified motors at our shop and used our unmodified minibot (got us really far) but apparently we had to sign a paper that stated we would not modify the gearbox. What was with that? I asked th inspectors, they said it was not allowed and said gracious professionalism should be kept. The inspectors never checked the minbots for modified gearboxes.
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
This is blatantly incorrect. You are allowed to modify the gearboxes but not the motors. Anyone who said otherwise just doesn't know the rules.
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The lesson to be learned here is that if you're doing anything that relies on interpretation of the rules or a Q&A clarification, make sure you do your homework, and bring a printout of the relevant rules / Q&A to show the inspector. In fact, make yourself familiar with
all the rules. Be prepared to present the facts to the inspector; but don't try to argue with them - that will generally work against you. Remember gracious professionalism.
I recently had such a conversation with an inspector regarding the playing configuration size. He claimed that it included bumpers, which would not have worked for us. Fortunately, I was able to point out the rule section that clearly stated bumpers are not included in playing configuration size, and all was well.