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How long is your arm?

View Poll Results: arm length
who needs an arm? we are a true and true brick team!	1	0.91%
just the alloted started space 50''	2	1.82%
6'	2	1.82%
7'	4	3.64%
8'	11	10.00%
9'	14	12.73%
10'	13	11.82%
11'	9	8.18%
12'	21	19.09%
13'	8	7.27%
14'	7	6.36%
15'	3	2.73%
16+'	6	5.45%
arm? what a great idea!	9	8.18%
Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll

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13-02-2005, 23:31

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Re: How long is your arm?

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Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I think people are getting carried away with having a really long arm. It doesn't mean a thing if you aren't stable. It's like being a basketball player with hops but no handle.

Better to have the ability to go super high, and not use it, then to lose a match because you were out-capped. Besides, stability is easily achieved through the use of outriggers.

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