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Originally Posted by Electronica1
Yea, and a few year ago (2014 I think), FIRST put out a rule update making that illegal. I don't 100% remember, but I think there is an equivalent rule for this year.
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What is in your trailer isn't illegal at all - what FIRST did was make the withholding allowance defined at the beginning of the event. So you have to
"declare" what parts you'll be using and bring them in with you. Nothing against, for example, getting a completely COTS part off of a practice robot in the trailer and bringing just the COTS part into the arena after unload.
What the rule change ends up prohibiting is teams going "well I'm using 5 lbs of withholding right now, and 25 lbs when Major Mechanism A breaks on Saturday afternoon and I can just go get another one."