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Re: Our answer to the long range shooter

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Originally Posted by bs7280 View Post
I want to see a team that has an adjustable one (up or down) so that you can go across the field if needed.
We have one that goes up to 74 inches via our climber, and can be retracted to 60. We have only used it once because our robot is primarily offensive, but at each regional we went to we got clearance from the inspectors to take it on or off depending on who we were up against.

We faced 4030 at Seattle and Spokane and their blocker was very effective. It had the widest blocking area I've seen and could be raised up (I don't know what the max height was). The best part about 4030's blocker was that it had the "You shall not pass" meme on it.