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Re: Strategies for Rebound Rumble

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Originally Posted by slijin View Post
Just as a note - although this already has been raised in various other threads - the dimension constraints also physically limit you from extending the robot sufficiently close enough to the hoops to contact them.

Perhaps aiming at a certain point on the rim to bounce the ball in would work - FIRST must've replaced the springs for a reason.
i don't think you could touch the basket. It is a height limit...
You will still be limited to going outside the frame perimeter ..
You are allowed a single projection of 14" ... with a 3" bumper your projection is only 11" outside the robot bumper.

The unit at the bottom of the baskets extends 38" approximately from the wall.
So your frame perimeter is approximately 41" from the wall.
With a 14" extension that would mean that you would be 41" - 14" = 27" from the wall...

I am not sure how far the hoops stick out... but with a 20" circular hoop and its associated hanger it is pretty close.

i would imagine that the game planners figured this out pretty well so that touching the hoop would not be possible.

Obviously no matter what size the hoops are... no one could EVER touch the top hoop...(it is beyond the allowable height...
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