Team Update #18

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Good point.

For what it's worth, 190's track begins horizontally like 233's track - the minibot is the sole source of energy.

One could make an argument that the robot converts the horizonal motion of the minibot into vertical motion, but that's a bit of a shaky justification.

I would say that if the track is horizontal and fully below the deployment line it is legal. However, if it starts above the deployment line, uses gravity to gain momentum, then deploys below the line, I would say it is illegal because it used potential energy to impart vertical motion.