2014 Orlando Regional

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by scca229

At the Arizona Regional, we used that exact 2014 form and the location in the upper right of the form to denote a passed Final Inspection for Eliminations along with an additional different initialed colored sticker on the white inspection sticker on the bot.

I also happen to notice on those forms, and the captain and mentor should as well since they had to sign the form (you read everything you sign, right?), that the following words appear under the Electrical section:

2013 form - "Battery - A single MK ES17-12 battery or a single EnerSys NP18-12 must be securely fastened to robot. <R34 & R35 >"

2014 form - "Battery - A single EnerSys NP18-12 battery or listed equivalent, terminals insulated, must be securely fastened to robot. <R31,
R32, R33>. Check all batteries for compliance."


Not sure where the ambiguity on legality is. The whys of what happened are irrelevant as the bot should never have been presented for Final Inspection with more than one battery on it, connected or not.

One point about the checklist: it's a summary for the benefit of the inspector, but not the governing document. The rulebook is less clear-cut about the legality.

The signatures of the team members apply to the team compliance statement—which is merely an attestation that they followed the rules. It doesn't indicate that they agree with the interpretations of the rules presented on the checklist or provided by the inspector.