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Re: Overpass rigidity?

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Originally Posted by dlavery View Post
I can't give you the exact specs, but during development two of us were able to do pull-ups on the Overpass without significantly deflecting it. Note that this is NOT a recommended practice! (and no one should attempt this on a competition field!). But it gives an indication of the stiffness of the competition field structure. We did notice that while the structure was not terribly bouncy, the little bit of deflection that we did cause seemed to stress the pipes through deflection and into deformation.

-dave
Hmmm.... This seems a bit of a concern considering the possibility of robot-to-overpass interaction during hybrid mode.

Are they going to have replacement overpass parts available should the overpass be damaged or should teams just prepare for the overpass to not conform to the specs once the compitition starts?
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