03-12-2008, 21:41
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,968
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Re: Weight Specs for FIRST competition
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Originally Posted by Skipwich
Our team just received the shipment for the controls for this year's robot competition. We noticed that, after assembling all the sections needed for controlling the robot (not the driver's board) onto a test-board, we noticed that the new controls system is considerably heavier than its predecessor. My question is did FIRST change the weight limit for the robots in this year's competition because of the fact that the new controls system is heavier than the old controls system?
Thanks-
Skip
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