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Originally Posted by Donut
Spot on here. The bridge is roughly 1 foot high while level (note that that is above the bumper zone!) and returns to level anytime nothing is on it. If you watch the videos put out on the FIRST youtube channel they give a test as to where to place weight at a specific distance to get it to tip. Based on this you can calculate with some torque equations roughly how much force you need to tip the bridge down in front of your robot.
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I'm not sure at exactly what point on the bridge, but calculations done by some of our team indicated it required a little under 6.5 lbs of force to tilt it.