Beware of R16 your robot design may be too big.

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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

The way i understand the rule is as follows and this the way i explained it to the team: If you were to place a 80" diameter coke can, with the bottom removed, over the robot, would the can sit entirely on the ground ground or would part of it sit on your robot. If it sits on the robot, then we are breaking the size rule. The thumbnail is question would only be legal if it was oriented so that it's largest length was 80" and no other part of the robot was outside of the cylinder.

I AM SO WRONG! The diagram a few post up really messed with my brain. Either the 80" coke can or a 160" coke can with the center on any part of the robot do the same thing. The kids have a design that fits within the 80 inches, it would just be a little bit better if they could get another couple inches. There are plenty of suggested ways to maximize the 80", I am not looking for any more in response to this post. Thank You.

EDIT: Responce to ay2B, previous post, I was posting this while you were also posting, I have been there and done that, many, many times, my head officially hurts.