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Re: Let's See Your Robot's Battle Scars

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Originally Posted by Sparky3D View Post
With a a ton of defense being played, and some overburdened referee's, this year is shaping up to be a rather "painful" year for our robots. So I thought it might help to have a place where we can all share our pain together . So feel free to post pics of the battle damage your robots have suffered this season.

Here's ours: these are our lift cylinders after one of our elimination matches (pics stolen shamelessly from one of my fellow mentors). We actually had a third cylinder damaged earlier in the regional, but I didn't get any pictures of that one.



Those pictures confirm the concerns I've had since kickoff with the extensions being 20" and the field being ripe for harsh defense.

Also, long cylinder rods outside the bumper zone are just asking to be damaged. The lever are is just too long.
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