Suggestion to Fix Rules of Height, and Opposite TrackBall

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Chris_Elston

1. Cross the Finish Line, and reach backwards to get your ball.

Likely 10-point penalty for reaching backward across the line. There's only about 4" of legal ball surface to contact that is across the finish line.

2. Use another ball.

Doesn't appear to be legal per <G27> - it would be herding while in possession of another ball.

3. We are checking this one..field not done yet...but over pass is 6.5, ball droops down into the 6.0 feet range, 7" droop maybe??? you might be able to stick up right at the 6 feet mark, and still barely scrap the bottom of the trackball from bottom....again...still checking into that one...

I'm doubtful the droop will be enough to use any mechanism on your bot that stays under 6 feet. If a team can do it, all power to them.

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Chris got three of them. The other two are something I'd actually like to keep as team secrets for now, sorry. If we don't decide to use them, I'll put them in the public domain.

Hopefully they will turn out to be good outside-the-box thinking.

Originally Posted by ALIBI

However, if rule changes are in order, I agree with Bob Steele, Refs take them all down at the end of Hybrid and it is just a matter of deciding where to put them.

Use the 2006 Pokey-pokey sticks, and let them fall where they may?