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Originally Posted by Mike Copioli
So fine I have a simple solution.... Use the sensor plates as primary feed back and four dudes with a button as secondary. This is how it is done in swimming events, including the Olympics.
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How do you safely account for paradox? The refs would need to be up on a ladder (or something similar) to ensure they hit the button at the actual impact time and not a microsecond later. In swimming the judges are able to stand over the lanes to get the best view (from what I've seen).
The issue with sending out a time spec isn't efficiency, but rather accuracy. If it's wrong in 1 case at 1 regional, causing a tower to not be triggered and a match to be lost, was it worth it to argue over what the actual number is to begin with?
I'm not defending FIRST so much as I'm trying to be pragmatic about this from a project engineering perspective.