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Re: Blocking your own trailer
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Originally Posted by dodar
... but some teams are thinking about retracting the trailer inside their robot and then covering the top or covering it somehow or just retracting it in so it is harder to see
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hmm ... retract the trailer?
Can you think of a way to do that without violating <R18>D. and R<18>E. ? Look carefully at Fig. 8-6 and consider the restrictions that <R18> places on how the robot is permitted to constrain the trailer's motion.
[edit]see also: Nate's analysis of the fixed trailer hitch location requirement <R18>B.[/edit]
If you do think of a way, it would be smart to post a question for the GDC using the official Q&A on the FIRST forum, to make sure your idea doesn't violate a rule. It would be a shame to base your team's robot design on an assumption that turns out to be incorrect.
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Last edited by Richard Wallace : 05-01-2009 at 12:41.
Reason: Nate made a good point elsewhere
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