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Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets
Another concept that I was kicking around a few days ago was a set of two arms that would extend out of your bot to the ground, tighten together around a ball caught in the middle,
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Be careful, two arms sounds like two appendages which is not legal. According the latest official Q&A, at ANY point in time when something is breaking the plane of the vertical projection of the frame perimeter, it must be at most one contiguous assembly, contiguous at points outside the frame perimeter. So you have to be careful about how you extend those two arms out... they better be touching at the fingers, or something similar to that.
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Our question is similar to FRC1540. We want to put surgical tubing "whips" on a roller located at the frame perimeter. When this rotates the whips will extend beyond the frame perimeter. Is each "whip" its own apendage or is the assembly considered one appendage?
A. If multiple items exit the Frame Perimeter and are not contiguous outside the Frame Perimeter, they are considered multiple appendages.
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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.