[Gary Dillard]

We built a deployable wedge at nationals in 2002 (started fabrication Friday morning and installed it Friday afternoon) and only used it once - defeating Wildstang in the Newton Division Finals (or semis?). It still has the skid marks from their tank drive on it.

The intent was not to flip anyone; we built it as a counter to anyone who had better traction than us (actually we had Beatty in mind). Because when you wedge under them, their normal force to the carpet goes down at the same rate that your's goes up from their weight pushing down on you. We were fighting for a goal with Wildstang, who had engaged their center tank and was winning the fight. We deployed the wedge, turned around, and pushed/lifted them across the field for the win.

If only we'd thought to use it on RAGE in the finals... but we ran out of time. Hat's off to Mr. Nye the science guy

Think out of the box - don't assume that every wedge is like Battlebots. If you're fighting for position you need to find an advantage.