Thread: height violation while extending
View Single Post
  #13   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 19-01-2006, 23:51
Jeremiah Johnson's Avatar
Jeremiah Johnson Jeremiah Johnson is offline
Go VOLS!!
AKA: Budda648
no team (QC Elite)
Team Role: Alumni
  
Join Date: Mar 2003
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,476
Jeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond reputeJeremiah Johnson has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Jeremiah Johnson Send a message via MSN to Jeremiah Johnson
Re: height violation while extending
Quote:
Originally Posted by dlavery
The bolded section is the key. If the extension is DESIGNED to exceed the 60" height limit while it deploys, then count on racking up those violation points every match. Since the intial problem statement above indicates that this is the case ("it is set so that the top will be pushed up and over on the sides to make it into a 5' size on all sides. When it folds out if the tops of the falling parts temporarily go over 5' to allow for diagonal falling.") it would seem a safe bet that this will be considered a violation.

-dave
This is exactly what I was thinking. My suggestion would be to design away from anything that could potentially break the 60" plane or make the extension short enough or at a lesser degree that it would not break the plane. But then again... is it stable as it moves up and out?