[ALIBI]

R29> During the “FIX-IT WINDOWS” following the shipment of the ROBOT: During this period, all teams may utilize up to 10 hours of FIX-IT-WINDOWS to manufacture SPARE and REPLACEMENT PARTS and develop software for their ROBOT at their home facility. Fabrication of UPGRADE PARTS is not permitted during this period. The timing of these “FIX-IT WINDOWS” is at the discretion of the team. However, the total time utilized as FIXIT WINDOWS during this period must not exceed 10 hours, and all work must be completed
by 5:00pm on the Saturday following the ROBOT shipment deadline. Teams may manufacture all the SPARE and REPLACEMENT parts they want, but the amount of parts they can bring to a competition event is limited (as specified in Rule <R41>). The intent of the FIX-IT WINDOWS is to permit teams to prepare parts that have, or are likely to, become damaged during the course of a competition event, so they may continue to participate. Teams do not have direct access to their ROBOT during these periods, and must rely on information they generated and documented during the design and build process to determine the fit and function of any parts developed during FIX-IT WINDOWS. This is true for both hardware and software.

OK, I'll bite. This FIX-IT WINDOW slamed shut on them at about 2:00 AM. 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM, six hours. Started to make arms at 10:00 PM with four hours left. At 2:00 AM they should have put down their tools. OK, I could be wrong, not knowing exactly what happend to the CNC. I look at this as though the error was in the program given to the CNC. The CNC would have worked just fine had the zero radius corner in slingers arm part file not carried through to the CNC file. This sounds like a programing error, not maintenance. The file must have worked when Ole Blue made the first set of arms, what happened? Of course, if someone tells me that this type of error is completely CNC caused, and not a programers error, I'll give Redateam about another 3 hours 30 minutes before 5:00 PM Saturday to make more spare parts.