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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
One and only one battery is permitted on the robot, see R34....
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R34 actually says:
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The only legal source of electrical energy for the ROBOT during the competition, the ROBOT battery, is one of the
following 12VDC non-spillable lead acid batteries:...
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I'm not saying that using a battery as ballast is a great idea, but is it automatically ruled out by R34? If the ballast battery has nothing connected to its leads, then it's not a
source of electrical energy for the ROBOT.
Of course, there are safety issues to be addressed, and I think there are better ways of adding ballast to a robot. But, I can't resist a good debate.
I'm just saying I don't think the battery as ballast is inherently illegal.