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Re: pic: Effective Aperture of Low Bar Defense

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Originally Posted by MrForbes View Post
You can get a tad more room than this, assuming the effective wheelbase of your robot is longer than the ramp. But it's an excellent point, I'm glad you posted this! I bet there are teams that didn't catch this.
You also only have to be ~14" tall until the CG of your robot passes over the end of the ramp (if you drive slow), then you could be 16" tall for the length of the horizontal portion of the platform. That might be splitting hairs though - easier to design to the 14" limit.
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