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Originally Posted by ToddF
- How much did 610 and 1114's ramps weigh?
- Were they constructed from raw materials at the event, or were they part of those teams 30 pound weight allowance?
- If they were not constructed at the event, and they were not part of your own own 30 pound weight allowance, how did you get around R17?
- Was it necessary to remove weight from your robot prior to a second inspection that included the ramps?
- At the second inspection, were you required to submit an amended robot BOM including the ramps?
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1. Not sure about the weight of 610's ramp, but 1114's ramp weighed about 7.5 pounds
2. 610's ramp was built at the event. 1114's ramp was partially built in advance and the prebuilt parts were included in our own withholding allowance.
3. The inspectors were both aware and completely fine with us using parts built by our team for another team. I don't believe the intent of R17 is to keep teams from using parts given to them by other teams, as the practice has been going on for many years. (Teams adding pre-built blockers to partners in 2013 being the most common example. This season it's been teams adding "canburglars" to robots.) If this had been disallowed, we just would have built a new ramp during the event. It's not a complicated mechanism at all and we had the raw materials to do it.
4. 1547 weighed about 90 pounds prior to the addition of the ramps. Weight did not have to be removed. Although some ballast from moved from 1547's main robot to the ramp to help with stability. I believe they weighed in at around 102 during the final expectation.
5. I don't believe so.