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Originally Posted by Karthik
Be careful to paint both teams with the same brush stroke. Mark made a specific description of 190's deployment which made Paul think it's illegal, namely the creation of potential energy by the downward movement along the track. From my understanding, Pink's ramp only goes upward, meaning the track (and thus the hostbot) would not be contributing any energy.
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As a devil's advocate, I'm still not sure even that is legal. <G19> specifically says "...solely through electric energy provided
after the start of DEPLOYMENT by the permitted..." As the 190 design has the robot accelerating through electrical energy prior to deployment (crossing the plane of the base) I could see the argument that they are storing "non-incidental" kinetic energy in their minibot. Probably the only way to get the real answer is the Q&A. Does 233 start their minibot within the base? I'm pretty sure 190's did not.
It wouldn't be an FRC game if 190 didn't do something that CD could argue the legality of for entirely too many posts!
Mentors are the guardrails:
Show the students how to do what they need to do, Step back and let the students do what they need to do, Nudge them back on course when they need a nudge, Insist, when necessary, that no one tries to juggle the chainsaws - gblake [more] 
18-03-2011, 23:20
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