[Kevin Sevcik]

I'm unsure whether that last post was tongue in cheek or not, given 57's history of ramp bots.

For the [G30-1] concerns, yes, we'll need to back away from the bridge slightly. Which is to say just enough and long enough for it to drop under the edge of the wedge. The lives of my drivers and the refs will be much easier if they rule the loss of contact isn't extended, strategic, or repeated. Strategic being the only bit I'd worry about.

There's also going to be a precisely calibrated system of flexible polymer contact maintenence feelers (zip ties) on the tip of the wedge. Which should reduce the level of doubt to acceptable levels. Failing THAT, I have a servo based flipper system I could put on there to positively assure contact during the whole sequence.