Appendage Rules

[nitneylion452]

Originally Posted by wilhitern1

Sorry to have taken so long Eric,

[G21]

Robots may extend one appendage up to 14 in. beyond a single edge of their frame perimeter at any time.

There is no specification of any direction that should be measured from nor any point on the frame. Therefore, I choose the one most
advantageous to my self. Without specifications, that is the most appropriate and also tends to be how inspectors do it [IMO, but I do understand that my O is not necessarily all that good]...

So far, I can find no update that references G21. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

Additionally the following question and answer seem to me to bear this out:

Q. What is the width limit of an appendage? Can an appendage cross the line drawn as an extension of a perimeter edge that
is perpendicular to the base edge that the appendage is crossing? FRC0053 2012-01-15
A. There is no explicit width limit for a Robot appendage. Per Rule [R21], "Robots may extend one appendage up to 14 in. beyond
a single edge of their Frame Perimeter at any time."

The intent of this question seems to be to ask if it is okay for the outer most extension of an appendage can cross the horizontal projection of the frame perimeter. Meaning that the appendage doesn't cross 2 physical edges of the frame perimeter, but it passes the plane of the frame perimeter. Can anyone from team 53 confirm/deny this?

A corner is an intersection of 2 edges and crossing over the corner would most likely constitute crossing 2 edges simultaneously, which is a penalty under [G21].