Team Update 2

[engunneer]

key points

• 40kPA = RP (not 41)
• Rope length measured from DAVIT (DAVIT tails don't count)
• No tape on end of rope
• Rope rules diageam with dimensions

[Blizzard3197]

Originally Posted by engunneer

key points

• 40kPA = RP (not 41)
• Rope length measured from DAVIT (DAVIT tails don't count)
• No tape on end of rope
• Rope rules diageam with dimensions

So you can't get more than 40kPA in points (so no possibility of 2 RP), or do you mean that you ONLY get the RP if you have EXACTLY 40kPA?

[jtrv]

Originally Posted by Blizzard3197

So you can't get more than 40kPA in points (so no possibility of 2 RP), or do you mean that you ONLY get the RP if you have EXACTLY 40kPA?

Previously, the manual said if your kPa "exceeds 40kPa" then you get the RP. However, they changed it so if your kPa "meets or exceeds 40kPa" you get the RP.

By the first definition, it was interpreted as you need 40kPa + 1 fuel in goal minimum to get the RP. Now you only need at least the 40kPa.

[Tuba4]

This should settle the question. From the blog:

Q6: Velcro usage on a rope. Can a team use Velcro on a rope that they bring to the field? Can they place Velcro above the 4 inches that secures the rope end? Can it be place on the 4 inches that secures the rope?

Answer: Please see Team Update 02. Non-adhesive-backed hook and loop fastener may be part of, or the entirety of, a legal ROPE, provided that the ROPE is entirely made of "flexible, non-metallic fibers twisted, tied, woven, or braided together" per I04 (e.g. something stuck to or wrapped around the outside of the ROPE does not satisfy this requirement unless it's whipping as permitted per I04 part D).

[Tungrus]

Yes, Velcro on rope is allowed per Q&A. However Velcro (only, to climb) is not allowed as it does not meet rope definition.