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Originally Posted by engunneer
you need to adjust the placement of your end quote tag
Also, I don't recall there being a provision allowing fasteners outside the 28x38 footprint. Can you point to a Q&A or rule from the past? If your fasteners are outside the 28x38 size limit, you won't pass inspection. If your robot expands to play the game outside of that limit, then you are no longer in NORMAL CONFIGURATION per the rules.
We've certainly played the game before where we had to shave 1/8" off the robot to fit in the box. Switching from hex head to flat head bolts/screws can help you a lot in a pinch.
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Not sure about your comment on the end quote tag, the entire question I plan to ask on Q&A is inside the quote, and nothing else is....
But as to the rest, I said FRAME PERIMETER, I said nothing about exceeding the maximum dimensions of 28" x 38"
What I was talking about was the parts used to hold the frame together. If I built a robot that was constructed of 12" long pieces of aluminum channel, mitered at the corners, the frame perimeter would be 12" x 12". If I held those pieces of channel together with screws, and those screw heads protruded above the surface of the channel, they would be outside the FRAME PERIMETER. I cannot cite the reference, whether robot rule or Q&A (I don;'t have time time to go look) but there was a specific note last year about fasteners outside the frame perimeter being allowed. I know this to be true, and our robot had such fasteners, and passed inspection at Peachtree, Palmetto, and championships. I just want to be sure the same allowances are in place this year.