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Originally Posted by Andrew Schuetze
very interested in this design and use of new materials. What I can't tell at all from the many great pictures is will this fit in the sizing cube?
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With our 1.5" lift platform maxed out to nearly 18" on width, we were barely able to fit in the cube at the 1st competition.
Our motor/wheel spider modules do slide in or out by loosening just three tee slot screws, so, fine tuning them for maximum size is fairly easy.
With the limited 30 pt. score boost that an only 1" lift can give, compared to getting another row bonus or two during the end game, we have decided to remove the lift platform. Unless we can rebuild another lift in a more compact and less defendable way, that can quickly raise our partners at least 10+ inches, we feel that end game time would be better invested in scoring rings for more row bonuses.
It turned out that even with near 18" of width and a not so steep slope, most partners still had trouble driving up the ramp, and defending our lift by merely blocking access to a lift mechanism proved to be much easier to do, than it was to overcome, especially once the lift platform was deployed (too hard to maneuver much around blocker with protruding platform).
-Dick Ledford