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Unread 02-03-2012, 01:10
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Re: Ball deflectors.....don't

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
The field is working as designed, from my point of view that design was not clearly stated. Since the ball ramps aren't part of the low cost field there was a slim chance a team would discover this challenge on their own with out some hints from FIRST. They could have worded it "that the ball ramps allow balls to be removed when the bridge is tipped to the other side" and I think a lot more teams would have understood the challenge as FIRST intended it.
I think the "it wasn't on the low cost field!" argument was covered last week with 118's hanger.

I dunno. I feel like the issue would come up in design when discussing bridge interactions. "Would I ever want to pick the bridge up? What are the reasons?" etc.
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