2005 FRC Team Update 14

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

XXXXXXXX (10:05:49 PM): Humans are all the same

*blink* I don't even know how to respond to that.

Originally Posted by Collmandoman

therefor I ask you.. how does being on the zone protect the field attendednts anymore than being over the zone.. how does tying zipties to your robot protect the field attendednts.. I don't believe I'm missing the point, but maybe there is something I and some other individuals aren't seeing

It doesn't. However, they need a concrete rule so that reffing isn't as subjective. We have a tetra stand that extends maybe 18" from the front of our robot. Could we hang that over the loading zone, and have that count? What if we had a 10' structure cantilevered out there? Maybe we could put our arm in the 3D space above the triangle. Would that count? Since 1/11/05, FIRST has removed all question of what is counted as "in the loading zone": you must be touching, the part that touches has to be either part of your 28x38 base, or part of the drive train, and the refs have to be able to see what is touching. At competition, there should be NO question as to whether or not a team is in the loading zone.