FRC team 23 is happy to present a rules quiz that you can use for testing your students. FRC 23 requires a 70% or better score from all students to participate in design.
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Not too bad… I wonder how much of it will change during the season due to updates (like the direct hang question, that one is debatable pending Q/A clarification)
in conjunction with the diagram from Section 2.2.52,
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in conjunction with the text from Section 2.2.52 that states that there is a RUNG1 located at 90",
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in conjunction with the text found in Section 2.2.3 The GOALS3
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implies that the PYRAMID GOAL1, which is only 2 3/4 in. deep, which sits directly on top of the PYRAMID1, begins at a height higher than 90" (by the diagram above), implying that the PYRAMID1 itself, in fact extends higher than the top RUNG1.
It appears that the height of the PYRAMID is not 90", but something in fact taller. Unfortunately, there appears that there are several different direct (factual) interpretations of what this might be.
According to the drawing GE-130174, the PYRAMID includes the PYRAMID cap, which according to drawing GE-130184 includes the Center tube part GE-13018-03, which appears to be the tallest part of the PYRAMID assembly. Let’s call the total height of the PYRAMID in this case (which would includes the PYRAMID base, which is technically below the covering carpet, so would measure slightly shorter on a field measuring from the carpet, even though the actual PYRAMID itself would be the thickness of carpet PLUS the thickness of the base thicker) X (which is a value larger than 90", but smaller than 120").
Looking at drawing GE-130434 in conjunction with it’s subassemblies, we can ascertain that the 2 3/4" PYRAMID GOAL1 outlined in the earlier text found in Section 2.2.3 The GOALS3 is defined by the plastic side subassemblies found in GE-130414 and bottoms found in GE-130424 and GE-130844.
The discrepancy comes in the following form:
According to the text found in Section 2.2.3 The GOALS3
implies that the post and chain assembly are NOT part of the PYRAMID GOAL. That means one of the following may be true, with no current way to identify which is true.
The post and chain assembly are part of the PYRAMID, making the PYRAMID height X
(as defined before) plus the height of the post plus chain assembly, minus the overlap on the Center tube part GE-13018-03 with the post (approximately 120" according to the diagram shown above). In this case, Section 2.2.52 is violated, as the PYRAMID GOAL is not sitting ‘at the top’ of the PYRAMID, but is instead defined within the PYRAMID structure.
The PYRAMID GOAL sits atop the PYRAMID as per Section 2.2.52, the post and chain assembly are not part of either definition, and where the ‘basket’ as part of the PYRAMID GOAL is defined to include the Center tube part GE-13018-03, in addition to a portion of PYRAMID Cap, specifically portions of the subassemblies GE-13018-02 and GE13018-04 as defined by the plane of the plastic bottom of the PYRAMID GOAL pieces GE-13042 and GE-13084. This definition would be in violation of the drawing GE-13017 which is titled ‘Pyramid’ which lists GE-13018 (the Pyramid Cap) as a subassembly in it’s entirety, and therefore in violation of Section 2.15
In this case, the PYRAMID height would be X minus the height of the Center tube part GE-13018-03, minus a portion of the height of GE-13018-02 and GE13018-04 as defined by the plane of the plastic bottom of the PYRAMID GOAL pieces GE-13042 and GE-13084.
In either of these cases, a portion Section 2.26 is being violated.
However, in all three (flawed) interpretations, the height of the PYRAMID is higher than 90".
Perhaps a better way to phrase the question is “At what height is the top RUNG found?”
Excellent work. Thanks for sharing this. With your permission, we will certainly use this before tomorrow’s discussions.
95% (missed the one about when students may remove robot)
I got 90% so not bad for me. Missed the ones about starting height and surprisingly rule clarifications. My interpretation of that question was that the “manual” was the first printing and of course not very clear, so I only put Q&A.