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Re: Extending above 60"

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Originally Posted by tinybob20 View Post
Speaking from a team with (potentially) a full court shooter, I can see these types of defense bots being quite annoying. We could easily get shut down by a bot just sitting in-front of us, with a shield raised. But I could also see us potentially breaking a robot, just from our Frisbee speed/impact force.
A deflector can have a pretty good slope to it. It doesn't have to completely block the frisbee.