[Jeffy]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

Who said you can't use a fly wheel. Provided that the energy stored was generated by A) tetrix motors on the minibot or B) a change in position of a mass that is part of the minibot, or the entire minibot, as a result of gravity only (it is ridiculous to say that you can't use gravity on your minibot to gain an advantage, then making your minibot lighter would be declared illegal as well) then a flywheel would be perfectly legal from what I can tell.

The rulebook

<G19> MINIBOTS must remain completely autonomous and move up the POST solely through electric energy provided after the start of DEPLOYMENT by the permitted, unaltered battery and converted to mechanical energy by the permitted unaltered motors (and associated, appropriate circuitry). <G19> means that HOSTBOTS are not allowed to launch the MINIBOT up the pole at the TARGET, or otherwise contribute to the vertical movement of the MINIBOT. Energy for vertical movement may not be stored in the MINIBOT before DEPLOYMENT (except that which is contained within the battery and excluding incidental kinetic energy stored in the motors or wheels, but NOT, for example, in a flywheel).