I would tend to agree that you could fire up a flywheel at the start of deployment, and then release the device to go up the pole. I question the time it would take to spin it up to speed to develop enough kinetic energy to get up the pole that quickly, but I am assuming you have done the math on the concept. If it comes off the pole at all, I would consider it dangerous to humans as well as robots and you would be not allowed to compete with it for a potential risk factor. It must be 100% safe! Have you prototyped as yet? I would love to see it work! The worst that could happen is that it would not pass inspection, so be ready to punt. By the way, the curved track deployment is being used by Team 190, WPI. Great idea to get off the line without spiking the amps - right out of the Superman ride.
