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Re: 2nd Most Awaited Q and A Answer?

From the answers the Q&A has given, i don't see the image of the wheely bar as described above or an H-shaped appendage, as violating the rules about appendages. Here are the questions and answers again:

Game - The Game » Robot Actions » G21
Q. 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? FRC3219 2012-02-01

A. If multiple items exit the Frame Perimeter and are not contiguous outside the Frame Perimeter, they are considered multiple appendages.

Game - The Game » Robot Actions » G21
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. FRC1540 2012-01-30
A. Any time the appendage is outside the Frame Perimeter, it must be a contiguous piece.

Q. Thanks for the additional G21 clarification. I would appreciate a bit more clarification, primarily regarding your 2012-01-27 response to FRC0063. Can more than one component of a contiguous appendage assembly outside of the frame be simultaneously crossing one edge of the frame perimeter? Thanks.

A. Yes, provided any part of the appendage that is outside the Frame Perimeter is contiguous.


From the first answer our appendages have to be continguous outside of the frame perimeter. From the second answer our appendage has to be a contiguous piece when it's outside the frame perimeter. From the third answer more than one component of a contiguous appendage assembly can be simultaneously crossing one edge of the frame perimeter.

The way i interpret this is that our H shaped appendage is fine as long as when the appendage is fully deployed our cross member is located outside the frame perimeter. The second answer only means that two separate things can't join together to form one appendage after each breaks the frame perimeter, or that they can't separate after they've broken the frame perimeter (they stay one contiguous piece outside the frame) The answer doesn't say that an appendage can't cross the frame perimeter in multiple places. The third answer says that it can, as long as the multiple places are contiguous with eachother, not neccesarily contiguous outside of the frame perimeter.

So when the 2 ends of the H are going outside the frame perimeter 2 components of a contiguous appendage are crossing the frame perimeter. The appendage is contiguous while being deployed, and when the H is fully deployed the cross member is outside of the frame perimeter making it one appendage.

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