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Originally Posted by Dale
The GDC just replied to my question about appendages during deployment. It's pretty clear now...they must always be contiguous:
Here is the question and response:
Q. To prevent differing interpretations of G21 and the following Q&As on appendages could you address the legality of a appendage BRIEFLY crossing the frame perimeter in multiple places during deployment? For example, a "H" shaped appendage might cross in two places as it quickly folds out.
A. Any time the appendage is outside the Frame Perimeter, it must be a contiguous piece.
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Sigh.
Until this morning I had hope that FIRST would finally go an entire season without making an inane ruling about some aspect of the game.
In 2010, the inane ruling was that small rivet and bolt heads could not be considered exempt from frame perimeter calculations, and everyone had to add 1/8" shims to their frame.
In 2011, the inane ruling was that pre-punched metal (that otherwise met all the restrictions of the minibot rules) was prohibited unless it was a Tetrix part.
In 2012, the inane ruling is that mechanisms that common sense says are
clearly one contiguous appendage but happen to have two (or more) points cross the frame perimeter plane before the contiguous section does are illegal.