Gas Shock Legality?

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

Gas shocks are legal, but the letter of the rule <R1> does not allow them to store energy at the start of the match. Bill is correct in questioning this.

So would that mean that using a spring to store energy at the beginning of the match is illegal too? I would think that bending/expanding/etc a spring (or in this case, using a gas shock) of any kind would qualify as "deforming a ROBOT part."


Definitely hit up the Q&A with the question, though.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Karibou

So would that mean that using a spring to store energy at the beginning of the match is illegal too? I would think that bending/expanding/etc a spring (or in this case, using a gas shock) of any kind would qualify as "deforming a ROBOT part."


Definitely hit up the Q&A with the question, though.

I would agree with this too.

Can someone please bring this up in the Q&A system or point me towards an answer already posted in Q&A? We're planning on using a gas strut on our machine this year and it would be compressed (Storing Energy) at the beginning of a match...

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Mike Betts

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1527

Thank you, but the above posting and answer are from 2007.

I would like to think that the ruling would be made with the same logic this year but I can't be sure... I guess we'll move forward until we hear otherwise.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Mike Betts

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=1527

Mike, I want to accept that but that was from 2007. Definitely get a Q&A ruling on this one guys.

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Mike, I want to accept that but that was from 2007. Definitely get a Q&A ruling on this one guys.

Andrew,

You are correct. I am multitasking and did not notice the date...

Mike

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Karibou

I would think that bending/expanding/etc a spring (or in this case, using a gas shock) of any kind would qualify as "deforming a ROBOT part."

I can't quite convince myself that compressing a gas is a close enough equivalent to deforming a solid for <R01> to permit it as a pre-match source of stored energy. This one will definitely need an official ruling before everyone can agree on its legality.