Sideways Hanging - Yes or No

[Chris is me]

While there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it... Why would you hang this way other than the "normal" way? Or other non-normal ways?

[Swampdude]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

While there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it... Why would you hang this way other than the "normal" way? Or other non-normal ways?

Instead of making an extending arm that goes 7+ feet up to the hang bar you only need to go up 3'. and if you do it right it takes less force to get your bot up in the air. Not to mention you don't have to share the hang bar with anyone. And you could help other bots up easier from this position. And you could in theory get connected faster and elevated faster than extending 7' and pulling the full distance... so lots of reasons. I just don't want the field breaking so I threw it out there before it became a problem later on, or to verify if it's ok (not that this is the place to do that - but I don't have a tims login and I can't ask team questions, plus the answers traditionally take too long).

And yes you could design a gripper that could let go easy enough.