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Originally Posted by Dad1279
There are only 4 balls in play. I would imagine that the refs(or spotters), probably 2 per side, could easily keep track of and stop or deflect the out of bounds balls.
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Probably the best idea is to have the field reset crew on duty for it.
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Originally Posted by ALIBI
We would love to be able to add a pressure switch, second back up battery and a flashing red light, strob, LEDS, or whatever on a totaly independent circut to indicate when we are armed. The current rules do not allow us to do that. Even better would be if we were able to draw directly off the main battery (for teams with possible weight issues). By doing this, while the field is being reset, everyone will know we are armed. I can just see a well meaning field volunteer grabing the trackball off our robot and having it accidentally fire. Please read my previous post for a further explainatiuon of my concerns.
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You probably will not pass inspection if this is the case. If the inspector sees a system on your bot that has no way to slowly release the tension/energy or a way to physcially make it impossible for the system to discharge (even then you never know) then you probably will not pass inspections. For spring catapults, it's been suggested that you have a lock bar that physically disallows the mechanism to release. For pneumatics, you simply would discharge the whole system via the valve. If it's a combo system, well you'll have to figure out something. I'm sure the field reset crew will learn to ask teams to get the balls off/out of their own robots instead of doing it themselves.
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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII
You obviously haven't seen our elevator. It could kill a man...
Whenever you move heavy objects quickly things get dangerous. It doesn't matter if you are using an arm or a catapult.
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We call our elevator the guillotine! It takes 3.2 seconds to go up and 2.6 seconds to come down. With the support bars in the back that cross each other during the lift, it's pretty scary -- no one was allowed to stick their hands through at all during the build season.