Q&A 207 - PILOTS dropping LIFT handles

[GaryVoshol]

What would happen if at every Week 0 preview event, PILOTS accidentally but consistently drop the handle outside the AIRSHIP rendering the LIFTS unusable? Maybe the change would be made before Week 1 official events? (I believe the Frisbee Flurry was disallowed based on Week 0 throwing skills, or rather lack thereof.)

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

What would happen if at every Week 0 preview event, PILOTS accidentally but consistently drop the handle outside the AIRSHIP rendering the LIFTS unusable? Maybe the change would be made before Week 1 official events? (I believe the Frisbee Flurry was disallowed based on Week 0 throwing skills, or rather lack thereof.)

Please, everyone going to Week 0 events - particularly the one in NH - don't try too hard to avoid this. It might be the only way this might get "fixed", and even if it doesn't, there might be a blog post about it or something so more teams can learn about this issue.

[Kevin Sevcik]

I'm guessing the first several instances of this happening at an event that matters will occasion extremely heated discussions with the head ref about the yellow card and what they're supposed to do when this happens if they can't retrieve the handle:
"So we can't grab the handle or we get a red card and lose. But if we don't grab the handle we can't use the easy middle lift and we lose. So we've lost the match if we drop a stupid handle?"

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Please, everyone going to Week 0 events - particularly the one in NH - don't try too hard to avoid this. It might be the only way this might get "fixed", and even if it doesn't, there might be a blog post about it or something so more teams can learn about this issue.

Please note I am in no way advocating that PILOTS drop the handle on purpose. I'm only asking what would happen if it occurs a lot in Week 0.

[dmaggio744]

After looking at some of pictures in the manual, the cables attached to the handle seem awfully long... perhaps hanging the handle over the top of the airship wall leaving the cable inside and accessible would be a good strategy?