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Originally Posted by Canon reeves
Sorry for being in the dark here, but what is the advantage of a flip bot? I tried looking for some matches on the blue alliance with team 16 and I saw the Curie finals and saw them against the wall then come down but I don't understand why this helps except for not being outside the bumper limit? Now I understand, is it so that you can extend out and since you are in the goalie zone it can be as far out as you want?
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The 2008 balls were about 40" in diameter - much larger than this year's. We wanted a robot with a footprint that was larger than the starting size allowed in order to carry the ball. With the rules that year (sort of) we were able to stay in the correct size box in our "starting configuration" and flop to our desired size for game play.