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Re: Frame Perimeter when climbing tower?

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Originally Posted by Justin Montois View Post
Just to be clear, this is assuming a 36" long robot. If your robot has a shorter wheel base (Which I assume many will), there's more of your robot on the batter and the worse your angle gets. I used 2.5" for my sketch for bumpers for some reason so if you bump my sketch out another inch on the bottom the tolerances are razor thin. Impossible for refs to judge. Terrible Q & A ruling IMO.
The length of the robot makes no difference. You also do not need to touch the wall of the tower as in your sketch, just reach over the rung.
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