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Unread 07-01-2007, 19:42
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Re: do the racks move?

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri View Post
One foot translation in any direction.
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Originally Posted by 2007 FRC manual
<G07> Center RACK position - After all six ROBOTS are in their starting positions and the DRIVERS, COACHES and HUMAN PLAYERS are in the ALLIANCE ZONE, the RACK will be moved (translated and/or rotated) to an arbitrary position so that the center of the RACK is within a 3 foot radius of the playing field center but the exact location and orientation of the RACK is unpredictable.
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It sounds like a 3' radius in this rule - although from this picture linked to above, it seems that, practically speaking, 1' may be closer to the mark.
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