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Re: 2010 Midwest Regional

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Originally Posted by engunneer View Post
Match 65 was pretty exciting. Beatty put in a bunch of balls in a row, then two robots were hanging on the Blue tower at the same time.

I didn't realize how much the tunnel would interfere with short, center zone hangers. They just barely make it up.
Robots should position themselves to ride the vertical pole up when hanging if at all possible - offset their stance so their bumper rests on the pole before elevation.
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