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Re: Navigating the Minefield

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Originally Posted by AndyBare View Post
I was thinking frisbees flipping wasn't going to be a huge problem per say, because frisbees are giant gyroscopes I think if they hit a wall, they will keep spinning into a wall, then fall. This leads to my second point that of they are upside down, I'm assuming it will be near the scoring walls, because they were attempted to be scored. In this case,... stay away from the wall. Also. I should include, only high upside down frisbee field time would be humans throwing them in, in my opinion, maybe a frisbee hits the 68 degree bar, and it flips over by hitting the Pyramid. So what I'm saying is maybe the frisbee thing isn't a threat at all. I would be prepared for both situations I guess we will only know at scrimmage.
Despite all that, you always design to make sure that it won't happen. If it can, it will, and teams that say "it's pretty unlikely" are doomed to have it happen. Many times at the worst possible time, like in the semis or finals of a competition. Top bots take everything into account - especially stuff like this that can wipe out your mobility for a match.
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