[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by Creator Mat

How will the inspectors be checking for rule <R19> (the rule that says that the ball can't go more than 3" into your frame) compliance this year? Last year to check if the trailer hitch was mounted correctly the inspectors had a plastic cut out that they used, would there be something similar to that this year? If so could someone post a picture or some drawings of it?

Thanks

Mat,

We have not seen the inspection checklist for this year yet so we don't know...

When it is published, I would expect to see the grayed out link placeholder on this page to turn blue.

Since there is no rule against a ball going under your robot as long as it does not hit a mechanism, this issue may not be an inspection issue. Rather, it may be a field call by the referee...

As soon as we know what FIRST expects, I'm sure that you will see something on these forums...

Regards,

Mike