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Re: G28 Clarification - Air Powered Shooter

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Originally Posted by engunneer View Post
continuing with your point of interest. Inspection is the determination that a presented design does not break any rules. We are inspecting that the robot meets all the R rules, and is not likely to break any G rules by design (G04 is the simplest example of one that we look for specifically on the inspection checklist). My point was that if it used for a shooting mechanism, but the shooter had no fuel, would forced air be leaving the volume of the robot? If so, it's illegal. Overextension limited by software is usually fine, but we still notify the head ref that a robot is capable of breaking a rule on the field, and should be watched. That's the best case i can think of for an air shooter. Legal for shooting, but not legal for defense, and the ref will be notified to keep an eye out.
Just to clarify, the rule does not prohibit directing forced air outside the volume of the robot, it only (literally) prohibits using forced air to affect fuel outside your robot. You could clearly have an otherwise useless blower directed straight up, running full time and only be subject to a penalty if fuel happens to be passing over it and gets affected.
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