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Re: How do you get your other ball

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Originally Posted by Lynx34 View Post
As the rules currently read, I really don't see any problem with going 3/4 the way around the track (passing your finish line, the 1st lane marker, and the opponent's finish line, but NOT the 2nd lane marker) turning around and knocking your second ball off the overpass.

The rules currently say that it is LEGAL to move clockwise as long as you don't break the plane of any of the 4 dividing lines (<G22>) AND you leave enough room for other robots to pass (<G40>).

So, it should be legal to turn around after passing the opponent's finish line, and knocking the ball off WITHOUT any part of the robot crossing the plane of the opponent's finish line.
The problem with that is that the track ball sits where less than 4" (closer to 3") of it is able to be struck. Beyond that you will be breaking the plane of the opponents finish line and you will incur 2 penalties (1 for breaking the plane of the finish line going clockwise, and one for being above 6' in the opponents "home stretch"). Ahhh, precision
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