
07-03-2006, 09:43
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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: 8,556
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Re: Interesting Q/A's
Yet another Fix-It Window question...
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Originally Posted by Question
Suppose that Redateam builds and ships off their competition robot, then builds a second robot to practice with. Redateam acknowledges that the second robot's parts won't be legal at competition, but they have the resources to be able to tolerate that. While practicing with the second robot, they realize their Super-Secret Widget of Graciously Professional Doom just isn't going to cut it, so they start thinking up ways to improve it. Do the parts Redateam uses to improve their Super-Secret Widget of Graciously Professional Doom on the practice robot (and never see the light of day at a FRC event) have to be fabricated during a Fix-It Window, or is it only the parts that will go on the competition robot?
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Originally Posted by Answer
The rules and constraints associated with the Fix-It-Window apply only to the competition robot, and all the materials and software that are installed on it. We cannot control activites associated with items that are not brought to the competition. When and where you choose to work on a backup robot that is not brought to the competition (or your car, or your homework, or your career, etc) is up to you.
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And big ups to 386 on this one...
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Originally Posted by Question
The introduction in Team Update #14 says to "Change R20 to make the start and end of the fix-it window to be at 8:30 am local time Thursdays for all teams." The rewritten rule, however, still says that it "must be completed between the close of the competition and 8:30 am on the Thursday following Regional Competition weekend." Which one is correct? It would be much nicer for most teams to be able to work on the weekend rather than late on school/work nights.
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Originally Posted by Answer
Ooops! We corrected it in one place, but missed the other. We apologize for any confusion this caused. The update description is correct. The Fix-It-Window opens at 8:30 am on the Thursday of the competition, and runs through 8:30am on the following Thursday. We will correct the wording on Rule <R20> (again) to indicate this.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
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2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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