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Re: Small ball inflation problem

Last year, at the first regional my team attended, we found the bins to be wider then we expected- 1 or 2 inches on every dimension.

The ball makers probably do not care if their balls are too big or small. They did not design the balls for space travel, they designed them to be kicked and thrown around a playground; the tolerances on the balls probably aren't very tight. I wouldn't be surprised if the ball manufacturer retools damaged/worn molds by expanding the cavity size (thereby making future balls produced by that mold larger).

FIRST could probably fix the problem by taking pressure out of the balls until they have the correct diameter, but then what about the teams that rely on the balls pressure and not their diameter? It depends on which is specified in the rules.
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