Drawbridge Technique: Legal or not?

[Ubiquity]

Just wondering if anyone has built the team version draw bridge, what springs did you use? The ones we have (Home Depot screen door 16") aren't strong enough to shut the bridge after it goes down.

[Ubiquity]

Also, What if one robot drives through and holds a defense open for another robot(s), sort of like tag-team wrestling? How could this not be legit? Robots working together to accomplish goals seem to be in the spirit of FIRST.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Ubiquity

Just wondering if anyone has built the team version draw bridge, what springs did you use? The ones we have (Home Depot screen door 16") aren't strong enough to shut the bridge after it goes down.

We use water-filled 1-gallon orange juice jugs attached via rope to the drawbridge through a pulley. It takes slightly more force to lower it, but it has generally worked for us.