Well, regarding the "load bearing surface" comment, I think FIRST taught the lesson very well last year that ANY part of your robot which is in contact with the floor is a load-bearing surface. After all, if it's touching at least some amount of weight is being trasferred to the floor, right? I recall losing a few matches last year because we had a string hanging down from our robot when we were suspended from the bar, and of course the rule last year was that you had to be completely suspended - even a piece of string couldn't touch because part of the weight of that string was being supported by the floor!
