[EricH]

Originally Posted by HashemReza

To be honest, I found those strict size requirements forced us into creating a much more robust bot...in the end, that lead to the bot performing at it's optimum despite wear and tear. The only thing that worries me...and this will be my second year in FIRST, so keep in mind that I have ONLY Lunacy under my belt...is that those claws or extensions could be very, how you say, detachable?

I've only seen a few that unintentionally detached. One of those could have (and probably would have on any other field) been a DQ. The only other time I've really seen detaching was 2004, when a number of teams put up a hook on a pole, then pulled the pole down and winched themselves up. I wouldn't worry about it. Watch 2005, 2007, and 2008 matches to convince yourself.