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Re: Question about 1114's Climb
This climber is definitely compliant with the 54" cylinder rule with both the old and new interpretation.

In addition, it does not touch the vertical pole in zone 2. When you see it up close it is very obvious.

This climb is ridiculous when you see it up close. Very fluent, very stable ... just plain awesome.

FrankJ,

I get your point, but there is no ambiguity here (as implied from the order of precedence Q&A). Frank (FRC Director) stated in a blog post the intent of the rule change. In addition, the Q&A question and answer quote above made it perfectly clear that an 84" high 54" diameter right circular cylinder can be put in any orientation around your robot while it is climbing. The 1114 robot is within both a vertical cylinder and the one rotated in their favor (along the vertical pole).
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