How is your team pushing the bridge down?

[R.Irick]

Hey guys!

My FIRST team recently has brainstormed on ideas for how to lower the bridge so you can get on it. We've come up with a couple of ideas, including wedges, big arm that just moves out and pushes down, and some kinda of non-motorized peg wheel to catch it.

However, we've got a couple of questions that we're stuck on. It would help us if we knew the thickness of the bridge along with how much force is needed to move them.

With them being double hinged, it appears that you will need more energy to push it down, against the hinge that wants to right its self and the weight of the other side rising up. The rule book, from my reading and reading dosen't explain much on them.

Does anyone know of a palce to get that info? Also, for simply brainstorming ideas, how is your team planning to do this, and if not, why?

Good Luck with the Seson!