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Re: Floppy Drawbridges

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Originally Posted by Not_A_Koala View Post
I was completely aware that the door was made of polycarb. I was asking for feedback from team who have had experience with it, because I was not privy (until this weekend) to how different it responded to manipulation as compared to the wooden defenses most teams are using.
There were a TON of people talking about this at the kickoff in NH. Many people were hooking the top of the bridge and seeing how bending it was. Not only that, if you hold the edge down the springs bow the middle of the bridge maybe 6 inches off the ground.

It was the fact that so many teams would never see an actual drawbridge until their first competition that started me thinking about tortugas.

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