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Originally Posted by Chris is me
You also have to be careful what orientation the robot is in once it's up off the ground. A sideways robot will have bumpers much lower to the ground than a robot that holds its orientation while hanging. A non-rigid hanger, while not impossible, has an extra burden to deal with versus a more rigid elevator style hanger.
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Orientation might also be important depending on how they're enforcing the frame perimeter 15" extension rule. If plane of the 15" is always relative to your robot, then if you tip over backwards while winching in a tape measure, that tape measure is likely sticking more than 15" out of your frame perimeter.
Although by that interpretation of frame perimeter, those tape measure lifts are illegal. So this is probably yet another Q&A question.