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Originally Posted by Billfred
Irritation #3: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread...=3897#post3897
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Per Rule <R11> and Section 4.2, the two 12V batteries supplied in the kit must ship with the robot. Any additional batteries you purchase as spares may be either brought to the event, or shippped with the robot.
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Now, I will concede that the 12V battery is part of the robot. But somebody tell me, what's the benefit to this rule? While most everything else has changed with the batteries, I can't see why we can't put them in the trunk of the car Thursday morning like the past two (or three, or maybe more) seasons.
This sure seems to be the season of seemingly odd rule changes.
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Possibly this is to keep from the
rare possibility that a team may forget to bring it the day that they are traveling. Or, if a team must travel by air, some teams may have trouble getting their batteries to the regional/championship venue (i think 1 of our extra batteries were sent back by security on our way to Atlanta last year...).