84 inch diameter vertical right cylindrical volume ?

[854 bears]

I have a question about the placement of this cylinder relative to the robot. I have read through the rules a couple of times, and couldnt find anything to answer my question. What I am wondering is if this cylinder has to be centered relative to the robot base (meaning you have only 42" in all directions to expand), or whether the only requirement is that your robot must fit inside an 84" diameter cylinder (meaning you could expand 84" on one side, but not the other. Any insight or clarification is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Team 854

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by 854 bears

I have a question about the placement of this cylinder relative to the robot. I have read through the rules a couple of times, and couldnt find anything to answer my question. What I am wondering is if this cylinder has to be centered relative to the robot base (meaning you have only 42" in all directions to expand), or whether the only requirement is that your robot must fit inside an 84" diameter cylinder (meaning you could expand 84" on one side, but not the other. Any insight or clarification is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Team 854

Previous year cylinder rules did not have it centered in the robot base, and nothing in the rules indicates this isn't the case this year.

[Matt C]

This year, the FINALE CONFIGURATION appears to be similar to the cylinder limit of 2008, which stated "While in the PLAYING CONFIGURATION, the ROBOT may expand up to a maximum horizontal dimension of 80 inches(e.g. all parts of the ROBOT must fit within an imaginary 80-inch-diameter upright cylinder)." (NOTE: This is a rule from the 2008 game that I am merely including for reference)

NOTE: I'll include a disclaimer that this is my interpretation of the current FINALE CONFIGURATION (rule <R10>), and the drawing is not to scale (best I could do in a short time in MS Paint).