Sorry to double post (and venture off topic), but I just saw this and I have to ask. These changes actually are legal in elims?
We tried to make a minor modification (moving our camera after our climber broke), and were told by the inspector--adamantly and very loudly--that "no new features could be added in eliminations". When I inquired as to the restriction and why we couldn't be reinspected, it just resulted in repeated loud "no new features". I even asked if we could
remove the camera entirely (it was now in a rather unsafe place), and the only answer I could get was "no new features". I'm not sure what that meant in the context of removing a device.
I then asked to see the written rule, and he finally said that we could do it, but he would decide to make the inspection take too long--we were only in queue and the alliance on the field had called a timeout. Our initial elimination inspection had taken all of 60 seconds (they just weighed us and glanced at our wider feed chute), but we were asked if we wanted to get out of line and miss the match for at least a 10 minute long inspection.
Sorry to rant. It only seemed odd at the time as I'd never heard such a restriction before, but now I'm just upset. The camera's not in real good shape either (the face split off again in that next match).