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Re: Next Year's Game?

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Originally Posted by InfernoX14 View Post
I seem to remember them having their light mounted on a springy platform so that it would dip down as they went under the bar.

I may be thinking of another team, but either way, it apparently wasn't an effective solution.
188 had a light on a pivot in 2003, spring-loaded with surgical tubing; it never broke during two regionals and the Championship. We'd just drive full speed (i.e. around 12 ft/s) under the bar, without regard for the light. It never seemed to matter.

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
If those come back, they should be left out of the weight.
I wouldn't really mind if they were part of the weight: everyone would be stuck with them. My bigger concern is that FIRST doesn't pick a model that has a grounded frame (as in 2000–2002).
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