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Originally Posted by cgmv123
2011 had an 84" cylindrical volume limit, which included bumpers.
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The limit excluded bumpers in 2011, hence why I'm a bit frustrated with the inconsistency between years.
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Originally Posted by JVN
In the grand scheme of "ways teams can knowingly cheat" designing a robot which goes outside the 54" cylinder isn't even in the top 5. This rule, like many others, will primarily be enforced by the honor system.
148 will (of course) design our robot so that it doesn't violate the rule. That goes without saying for us.
-John
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In the past inspectors have rigorously checked our robots to ensure compliance. At one point, inspectors wouldn't allow us to compete with both an arm and a minibot ramp that together broke 84 inches, despite no intention of deploying both at the same time. This was cleared up before we played our first match and apparently the refs were notified of our single illegal playing configuration.
Your mileage may vary.
As Frank said, when an FRC team hurts, we all hurt. - Hallry [more] 
11-01-2013, 14:50
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