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Originally Posted by 221Sarahborg
In 3.4.5 it starts with G17 which states the robot must stay in the 54" height on a flat floor "except during the final twenty (20) seconds of TELEOP where there is no heigh limit when a ROBOT is fully contained by the opponent's COURTYARD."
Then on the next page it has G18, "ROBOTS may not extend more than 15. in beyond their FRAME PERIMETER." Which leads me to believe that if they only referred to it for the vertical limit but not the horizontal which directly follows it, so I would think the 15" follows through to the last 20 seconds. I do tend to give unnecessary restrictions if I'm not sure, but possibly they may clear that up in a future manual update.
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G18 is clarified with drawings (Fig 3-2) in update-02. The 15" stays in effect throughout the entire match. The plane of measurement is the orientation of the drive base. Therefore you cannot have a climbing mechanism that extends outside of the magic 15". As mentioned before, there are no height restrictions in the last 20 seconds of TELEOP.
The practical application of this rules means you need to maintain your horizontal orientation while SCALING the TOWER, or you will likely violate it and be DISABLED.