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Re: Predictions Week 4: Playing in Traffic

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
What exactly did they add?
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488 added a bar like appendage to secure the ball on their fork from above. It reminded me slightly of the top part of 368's ball handler, except that it doesn't fold up. i don't believe there is a roller or anything, just simply another point of contact to prevent other teams from knocking the ball off their fork. I'm sure someone from 488 could elaborate more...
We added two protrusions that, when our forks lift, traps the ball and prevents it from rolling out when or falling out sideways. It's very effective.

Unfortunately, as a consequence of the change, the new protrusions tapped the ball in hybrid mode before our elevator hit it to knock it down and that made our hybrid mode less reliable. We tried throughout Friday and Saturday to tweak the protrusions and make hybrid reliable once again. It got better, but it's not where it was just yet. We tipped twice after the new protrusions were improperly adjusted or installed and got caught in the rack.

Part of these additions were improvised on the spot this weekend. We'll have something were well-considered with us for Atlanta that will allow us to easily adjust for overpasses of varying height.
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