Car Nack Predicts 3/06

[meaubry]

Car Nack is wise and I agree.
Certainly there will be many complaints about teams that exceed the 12 m/s rule.
Resolving the complaints will be interesting to watch and I am not even sure how or why they would consider doing it.
You know that resolving the complaint WILL NOT slow the throughput by testing the accused on the field of play.
Post inspection of the accused is possible if a method and location is readily available to resolve the accusation - but I can't believe that 10 -20 minutes after a match AND the accusation is resolved - the scores would be revised.
The NASCAR example is fine except it takes them TIME to resolve the complaint and they do it back in the garage - AFTER the race.
This is an issue that needed a clear methodology defined and included in the inspection process. It would be nice to be informed what that method will be in advance so we can validate using the same methodology before hand.
We used the guideline that was included at kickoff to validate, as we don't have access to a radar gun or other sophisticated equipment. We compensated the distance to include for being a certain distance from the horizontal (the ground).
Our design drives the motors through a speed controller so if we do exceed the velocity rule we will dial down until we meet it - but that does kill all our pre-work establishing the correct autonomous settings for the controls.
What does 12 m/s look like anyways?