Based on this answer: (emphasis mine)
A shooter includes the mechanism that delivers the final dynamic impulse that ejects the ball from the robot, and
any parts of the robot that contact the ball while and/or after this impluse is delivered. If your loading mechanism also ejects the ball from the robot, it would be considered a shooting mechanism.
To this thread:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=474
It appears that if part of your robot expands beyond the original dimensions. and you use that part to push a ball, then you have just used an illegal shooter.
I could read this to preclude a fold down ramp, because it would
contact the ball after this impulse is delivered.
Am I missing something here?
Do you really think that this is the way it should be interpreted?