Rookie Questions About Fingerlakes Events

[crobotraiders]

Hello All,
I am from a rookie team in Trumansburg, NY, team 5254.
We are attending the finger lakes regional event at RIT, and have a few questions about it.
We heard about some sort of Part-Swap, where you could exchange broken or burnt out parts for new ones. We would like to know if this exists at our event.
We have also heard there will be a fully equipped machine shop there, and would like to know if this is true and any details you may have about it.
We would also like to know about rule 5.6.2 in the administrative manual, what that is all about, and if the 6 hour limit includes pit time during the competition.
Also Rule R18, and some suggestions for what to bring for our 45 pounds.
Thanks,
--FRC Team 5254