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Re: No Ship Day?

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Originally Posted by DevenStonow View Post
The only problem I see with having it be an official FIRST document is that if teams don't use the last of their unbag time during this "event"(for example, my HS team sometimes used our final two hours the morning of load-in), what's to stop them(yes, I'm being somewhat cynical) from modifying after inspection?

I think this makes perfect sense in an informal sense(ie. an official FIRST inspector does an informal inspection with no official paperwork other than unbag form), but I think it's being overly cautious towards an extremely rare problem. In my two years of MAR, never have I seen the cause of failing inspection prior to the start of matches be because of lack of time at the event. It's definitely a good idea for being an informal pre-competition, communal unbag "meeting/event"
As Al mentioned the idea is to catch major items before the teams get to the event. It does not mean that any items that were pre-inspected would not be revisited. That is why you want the document that notes those areas of concern, so they can be addressed first, as the event inspector may not be the same person as the pre-event inspector.

Some of it will rely on teams to be open and honest if we want the at-event inspections to be as quick as possible. However we already rely on that as teams are able to continue working on and modifying their robot after they have received their inspection sticker. Which of course is why there we ask teams to seek a re-inspection if any changes are made that could affect their approved to play status, and there is an abbreviated re-inspection before finals.

I see it mainly as a courtesy to rookie and younger teams who still aren't that familiar with the inspection process. If your team has been around for a number of years you should already build you robot and do a self inspection so you know it will pass when you get to the event.

I also see this as mainly taking place before, but not necessarily limited to, the team's first event. At a team's second event it is less likely to see an out of dimension, seriously over weight, un-approved parts, ect.
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