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Originally posted by Dave Flowerday
Do you have a source for this? This statement would seem to be in direct contradiction to the quote from the FIRST Forum post I referenced:
"You may not use the bar to force your robot to decrease in height ( i. e. compress springs to make the robot low enough to go under the bar)"
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In this thread, posted February 11, FIRST responded to Joe Johnson's questions about the light:
http://jive.ilearning.com/thread.jsp...05&trange=1 5
Since switch trip and mechanical trip are listed as separate items, I assumed that 'mechanical' trip meant something physically reacting against the bar. Further, they go on to allow the compression of springs to be used to lower the light (but make no mention of other similar mechanisms.)
So, that's the thread I've been using as a reference. The way those forums are set up, and given how FIRST has been answering questions, it's impossible to tell if that's
really the final word on those rules.
Edit: Maybe the light is just so special that it gets its own set of special rules. That seems a bit silly, though.