Team Update 3 (2016)

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

So you want to do the honors then?

Fiddlesticks. There was a Q&A that the update was in response to. Q533

Q. Can you further clarify the definition of "launching" as it applies to G39? Would either of these actions be considered a G39 violation if performed while in contact with the Neutral Zone or a team's own Courtyard: A. A robot very weakly ejects a BOULDER through an upward-facing mechanism normally used for shooting, such that it rises a minimal height required to clear the mechanism and then drops to the ground. B. A robot forcibly ejects a ball at ground level, rolling it across the field.
2016-01-14 by FRC5400
A. Good question. Releasing a BOULDER such that it is not shot in the air, but dropped from a certain height is not launching. A ROBOT that "forcibly ejects a ball at ground level" would be considered "launching," and this will be clarified in Team Update 03.

So yes it applies. So no easy removal of dropped shots.