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Re: Legality of a Strategy/Bot Concept

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Originally Posted by Arhowk View Post
Firstly, it's geometrically impossible to scale without going outside of your height / frame perimeter restrictions.

Secondly, I am positive that you are not allowed to block the low goal intentionally with your fifteen inch extensions, I'm pretty sure that there is a same rule for high goals (though I wouldn't doubt it if it was never implemented for high goals since, well, it's impossible!

Edit: the proposed spring idea is not only near impossible to do but is also extremely dangerous and would probably net you a failed Inspection for safety reasons
This is incorrect, 1678 was briefly debating this idea and IT DOES WORK with the rules and without jumping. At least until the pre-champs rules update.

The requirement was to make a 45" long chassis robot and using a 15" extension in front and back drive up the wall to latch in place, then pivot up past 90 so your deployed flaps would block half of each side goal.

See the linked post to our prototype/proof of concept in the previous comments.
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