[EricH]

I'd say to refer to your prior thread on this topic, but it seems to have been deleted.

So, assuming that you're still after a non-articulated method to drop the bridge, you can't do that, and here's why:

First, you have to take the bumpers into consideration. 3" of pool noodles, fabric, and plywood. The bridge will be starting at 12" off the floor; the bumpers will be somewhere between 2" and 10" due to the bumper rules. You'll have to drop the bridge at least 7" to get to the point where an angle will work, through the bumper zone, without getting caught on the bumpers.

Now, we go to the rules. Per [R02-E], nothing can go beyond the vertical projection of the Frame Perimeter defined in [R01-2] other than an appendage permitted by [R02-D]. The bumpers attach to the outside of the Frame Perimeter per [R33] and [R28-E]. So, a simple angled block of wood must be inside the Frame Perimeter. This makes it useless, because now there are 3" of bumpers between it and the bridge.

Therefore, the angled block of wood must be articulated. It is possible that it could be locked into position once extended as an appendage; how is a design exercise left to the reader (it depends on extension method). To drop the bridge between 7" and 10" to get under the bumpers, you will have 11" of appendage left; an angled block of wood should be sufficient. Once the bridge is under the bumpers, it should be relatively simple to use the frame of the robot as an angle.