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Originally Posted by Steve W
Be honest with yourselves. Anyone who has been around fIRST and saw the launch had a 98% belief that we would not be able to launch Mini bots. As for the size restriction it was obvious that there had been a typo, it was a matter of which way it would go (published inch or metric size). Why are so many people astounded by these minor changes?
As for the FTC parts, limited funds + extra forced purchases (to be competetive) = less future teams in FRC.
As a well known personality in FIRST says "It's all about the math"
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I agree on the launched part, but why not let me wind some surgical tube around a pulley and let that drive the wheels up the pole? Restricting everyone to the same components makes this silly.
There are ways to re-write the rule to eliminate launching:
Ex: During deployment, the minibot must leave contact with the hostbost with a maximum vertical component of velocity of 0 m/s.
You can never have too many backups. - Venkatesh [more] 
12-01-2011, 07:54
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