Is this legal

[EricH]

Originally Posted by TF8

As an inspector at a few regionals I'm going to have to agree with IndySam on this one. The team must comply with the multiple mechanisms weight ruling. I personally would not let it go unless the base plus shooter plus new defense weights did not weigh more than 120 pounds together. This is obviously a secodary strategy based on their past experience. This one should not have made it past the inspectors.

There is no rule about a team altering their design at an event, provided that the change is permanent(for the regional, at least)or that all configurations weigh less than 120 pounds. If they completely scrapped their shooter, they are legal. If it would take them 3 hours or so to change back, I'd say it's borderline. But from what I can tell, it's legal. I'm sure the inspectors at the event thought about this one, and, since they passed it, I'll go with their ruling, not second-guess it.