Attempting the Bonus Round

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Attempting the Bonus Round

View Poll Results: Attempting during the Bonus Round
Hanging Only	9	12.86%
No Attempt At Bonus Points	10	14.29%
Having a Bot Hang from our Bot	5	7.14%
Hanging off Another Bot	3	4.29%
Prepare for both options	43	61.43%
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12-01-2010, 22:03

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Re: Attempting the Bonus Round

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Originally Posted by antoineft

Anyone get up close and personal with an official field and get to feel the rigidity of the tower?

The tower at the FIRST kickoff had metal (presumably even steel) plates underneath the carpet, plenty of people hung off it themselves, it shook the rails a little bit, but its not going anywhere. My guess is with the "hang off another robot" rules, they intended it to happen.

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