26-02-2005, 22:22
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...and you can't! teach! that!
 FRC #5402 (Iron Kings); no team (AndyMark) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: The Land of the Kokomese, IN
Posts: 8,563
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Re: "Load Bearing Surface"
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Originally Posted by rees2001
As usual the rules changed. FIRST probably looked at the the rule & thought this was an easy fix to say in the 28x38 dimension & touching. Touching makes sense, it is absolute, binary, you are or your not. There is no real grey area, the rule that has the most bearing on our team is the 28x38 footprint. That rule came 6 days before ship. 6 days! We had already designed & built a robot the falls from the 28x38 to 38x60. There is no redesigning possible at that point. We figured they would catch their wording and make one last change. I am confident that they still will. FIRST is a terrific program, run by normal people like Dave Lavery and Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers...Maybe maybe not normal but very much like you and I.
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That hurts.
I'd suggest either asking Q&A for a clarification for such a design, or make it so the side you start with on the floor somehow touches the loading zone. Really long strings and such.
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