[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by E_puello

In 2012 we had two 2x2x4 blocks of steel as ballasts.
They were mounted to the robot with Velcro on two of the faces of each block and duct tape on the back. Dispite what has need said of using tape to attach ballasts in this thread the industrial strength Velcro held on very well. We had trouble taking the weights off when we wanted to move them

You were lucky, these devices (velcro and duct tape) are not considered fasteners for ballast and should not have been allowed.