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Originally Posted by dibblec
One way would be to not allow any extra parts to come in to the competition. "Run what you brung" for you bracket drag racers out there.
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You don't have to think very hard to imagine what kind of problems this might cause. Drag racers aren't (supposed to be) colliding at high speed, getting tangled together, reacting against anything other than the ground. FRC robots get banged up. I doubt this is a rule change you'd be asking to make if, say, in your first qualifications match something causes your shooter tensioner to break, or a pneumatic cylinder to get bent, or your electrical system to short out.
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Originally Posted by waialua359
My body needs a break, my family needs me at home more often, and my day job needs attention after a long 6 weeks and all the preparations leading up to it.
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I agree - I think that FIRST has recognized that stop-build (I still call it "Ship Day" even though I've never seen a robot shipped on "Ship Day" in my time in FRC) is more of a soft-stop than anything. Students, mentors, and other volunteers need a break, and this "deadline" of sorts encourages a rest. And as far as I'm concerned, this deadline helps speed up progress. There's a deliverable due on stop-build day, and that encourages completion of the goal in my eyes.