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Re: Retraction issues, because we're lazy.

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Originally Posted by cad321 View Post
We used a similar system at palmetto thus year. We used the guts of a cordless drill and connected our arm pivot motor to it (variable speed trigger on the drill). During one of our Elim matches, we were told it was not legal to use. I can't remember specifics however it was because of a similar ruling as with off board compressors.
In 2015 G9 specifically allowed powered drills to reconfigure your robot on the field. No similar rule in this years manual. You know what they say about last years rules.
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