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Re: Baseline in relation to airship

I believe there is misleading information regarding the baseline position that needs to be clarified in Q&A. Official "field assembly" diagrams show the baseline to be 93.3 inches from the driver station wall, while the game manual states it is 94.4 inches out. Given the line is marked with 2 inch wide gaffer tape this probably means the game manual is referring to the middle of the baseline.

The field assembly diagrams show the base of the airship at 114.3 inches from the driver station wall, which is 21 inches farther away than the baseline. This places the baseline near the tips of the two barriers at the bottom of the airship tower, and about 9 inches in front of the tip of the spring peg. This means a robot putting a gear on the peg in the center position will cross the baseline.

The game manual shows the line correctly in pictures on pages 15,16 and 18, but has the line in the wrong position on pages 13 and 40. Comments made on the field tour video about the lift are also wrong, and I believe the tape the hosts were looking at was simply tape holding the carpet pieces together, not the green tape supposed to mark the baseline.
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