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Originally Posted by 114Klutz

I'd be a bit wary of automated deployment mechanisms. My team used one that fired at the 10 second mark, and we lost an elimination match when the ref said we broke the plane before the 10 second mark.

The cRio timer isn't perfectly in sync with the field timer.

In the second round of the semifinals (which we would have lost anyway), we were flagged for deploying early, too...

Video vindicates us; the refs made a bad call.

It happens. No big deal...

...that said, everyone has already been cautioned against using a timer (or a light sensor) because the official clock is the only thing that matters.