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Originally Posted by MikeReilly
They are probably just waiting on wording. Look at the simulator, they have the type of appendage you're talking about. The intent of the rule is not to spread out multiple sides like wings, etc., is my guess.
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I asked several of these questions and similar others. Some were rejected as being questions of if a certain design breaks a rule. They don't answer that. They answer questions about the rule itself.
I asked the question about wings, width etc.
My current interpretation is that they probably made a mistake in the rules and are trying to figure a way out. But the width is constrained within the perimeter frame until the appendage crosses one edge. Once outside the edge it can not go "beyond" that edge by more than 14 inches but beyond implies (in my mind) the direction in which the appendage is moving as it crosses the edge. Once out there, I see nothing to prohibit wings from extending out parallel to the edge that was crossed. These wings won't be crossing a second perimeter edge; perimeter edges surround the robot frame "like a piece of string", they do not extend virtually to the edges of the playing field.
What do YOU think?