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EVERYONE'S RIGHT

Posted by Bill Beatty, Other on team #71, Team Hammond, from Team Hammond.

Posted on 4/16/99 11:17 PM MST


In Reply to: MAJOR TWEAKING posted by Bill Beatty on 4/15/99 10:07 PM MST:



I thank everyone for their frank and up-front opinions. I totally agree with you all, because you are all correct! And, of course, that is my point. I don't believe it is in the best interest of the competition to leave such a gaping void in the rules that allows such a broad interpretation by a group of professionals who I feel are of the highest integrity. It is not possible to address this area for this year's Nationals and I only raised this subject before Florida in attempts to alleviate any thoughts that I might be addressing any particular team, robot or incident that might occur at the Nationals.

My own personal preference is similar to Greg's. With the ever-increasing number of regionals, a broad interpretation of the revision and repair rule soon totally negates the six-week time lmit. Hopefully FIRST will clarify this area for next year. I know it will increase all of our comfort levels

Joe, I don't totally agree with you concerning FIRST'S technical inspections.. This year at one of the regionals our Velcro belt was challenged by one of the inspectors. The belt was disallowed because it was listed on the bill material as additional material which allows up to a total of 12 feet of chain or belt -- any combination. We had to revise our bill of material to reflect the cost of a 1 in. wide Velcro loop purchased from Small Parts. Oh well.

Looking forward to seeing all you folks in Florida.

Bill Beatty

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