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Re: Ball deflectors.....don't
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Not that I would change anything at this point, but we were never told that, and none of the teams we worked with ever mentioned it. This could have been a game changer for us. I don't recall 772 or 234 having a spotter either. I just ran back and forth behind the driver station trying to get a clear angle on the other side of the bridge. After we tipped twice because of balls, we installed a back up camera to look for them, but never got it to work properly. I feel like this might've been something to call a drivers meeting for; maybe they told someone in our pit, and it didn't make it to me or my drive team, but that's unlikely. |
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Nor Hatboro-Horsham. This would have made a huge difference to a lot of teams. We did coordinate about the Co-Op bridge in quals, though. We couldn't have a separate spotter; it was just up to the coaches.
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Since it happened first thing Friday, naturally I assumed there was some kind of telecon after first practice day of first regionals and this was the result; sounds like it wasn't the case. I will mention that Dr. Aidan Browne, the "head head referee", was one of the judges at this regional and maybe there was a consult.
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I was personally planning to have a kid in the stands with a big sign they waved if there was a ball under the bridge. That was a pretty common practice in Breakaway (2010) to let the drive teams know that there were balls available up against the driver station wall right in front of them that they were unable to see.
If they formalize it, fine, if not, there'll be lots of teams with someone on the sideline or in the stands giving hand signals. |
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Teams,
Make sure to ask the question about having an extra team member beside the field for the purpose of signaling in your driver's meeting. Until an official Team Update is released, no one knows whether this will be allowed or not. Better to be safe than sorry. Please do NOT utilize your Safety Captain or Media Pass team member to signal from the side of the field unless explicitly told you can do so. I have seen teams receive a yellow card for gaining an unfair advantage by doing that. Signaling from the stands is fine because everyone has the same opportunity. |
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I know that in 2010 there were some people who signalled which direction 469's deflector was facing from the stands, and that was just in poor taste in my opinion. |
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Based on a few practice rounds that I watched today, I believe the modifications to the ball deflector actually works quite well. I saw only one ball under a bridge. It came out as soon as the bridge was lifted a couple inches.
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I'll second this. I did field reset during the practice matches at the WPI Regional. Balls that roll under the bridge immediately roll back out unless they're pinched by the bridge and the deflector (which happens rarely). From what I've seen, the only time balls prevent a team from tipping the bridge is when they're prevented from rolling out by the robot that's trying to tip it.
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