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Re: Loading Station Wall Width Concern

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Originally Posted by JR0405 View Post
I wanted to make a small PSA about getting fuel and (mostly)gears from the loading station. More specifically for teams that are making wider robots and plan on putting a gear collector in the middle of the robot like my team is.

As everyone knows or should know, the two loading stations are on an angle in the corner of the field. This angle is not a 45 degree angle and therefore it is opposite for each alliance. For blue the angle on the left(from field) is less then the angle on the right. For red the angle on the left is less then the angle on the right. See picture or manual for clarity.

The reason I'm bringing all this up is because if your gear collector is more then ~11 inches(including bumpers, +or- 0.25in per field specs and +or- even more based on bumper "squishiness") from either side of your robot your robot will not be able to be flush against the loading station wall.

What this means is some teams will need to off set their gear collector/dispenser to one side which restricts them to one loading station which changes depending on alliance color.

Picture for clarity(dotted line represents gear slot)
Yes, thank you for pointing that out! Can anyone tell me if the loading chutes extend past the field wall and onto the field at all? I don't see it in the Field Component drawings, however in some of the pictures it looks like the end of the chute extends onto the field a couple of inches possibly.
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