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Originally Posted by IndySam
I'm not talking about being within the rules, I'm talking about stretching them to the breaking point. Mounting a 10 pound steel plate to a bumper that has no real practical reason is violating the spirit of the rules.
And as far as your second point, in fact, is is the inspectors job to judge if a team is complying with the rules.
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Stretching the rules is still complying with the rules. Until it is explicitly illegal to add weight just to add weight (assuming all other bumper rules are met), giving a team a harsher inspection is against the point of inspection. Is the point of inspection not to
get all teams on the field, while ensure that they comply with all the rules?
It is the inspector's job to inspect the robot, they inspect the robot for compliance, end of story.