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FRC 2789 just wrapped up the Chesapeake Regional in Baltimore. We were the 4th or 5th team through inspection, no slip ups or surprises. We did find it curious that our bumpers weighed a pound less and our robot was three pounds under our last weigh at Alamo. That's no reason to be upset, I suppose.

From experience, I can say that not all inspectors are equal. For example, Alamo just wanted the digital copy of the BOM, where at Chesapeake they wanted a hard copy as well. The LRI there was pretty explicit about that in pre-event e-mails.

One of my previous bosses was the LRI at NYC. I know he's an electrical stickler and fails on any exposed wire, likes to see solid electrical connections on the motors, always checks for chassis isolation, and watches for entanglements. Is some of that beyond the rules? Maybe, but it's not against the rules either.

Like Andrew said, if there's a specific example let's hear it, so we minimize the aforementioned rumors.