YMTC: Redabot brings 24 lbs of spare parts

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by TriggsJr

This rule hurts people, it hurts the designers that had to sacrifice their family, job, relationships, and general life during build to get a machine done. Then you show up at the event do your best to run and get restricted on what you can fix.

The idea behind the build season is that you complete the robot in six weeks. The Fix-It Window is just for those spares that seem to get needed now and again.

First is also turning peole into liers.

This is flat-out wrong. There is nothing in the 2005 FRC manual that encourages or tolerates lying. You read the manual, you build the robot, you adhere to the rules, and you compete. If you screw up somewhere in the rules, then you won't be able to compete until it's fixed.

Sure, you could lie about material costs or something's assembly after ship, but then will you be able to sign the statement on the inspection form saying you're in compliance? That's your name you're putting down there; if my team were to do something outside the rules and then ask me to sign the paper, I would flat-out refuse. If you don't have your name, you don't have anything.

You know people are bringing in what they need to survive. And I don't blame them for having to bend the rules.

What teams need to survive should have been handled in the past six weeks. And not being able to use such disallowed items never stopped anybody. Might I remind the group of 1396's One-Day Wonder? The team had just some extrusion and other small parts, and they finished the day with a functioning robot. By the end of the Championship last year, they had autonomous that worked.

All told, I think the Fix-It Window is a good idea that just needs some bugs worked out. But that's another thread.