Check the medium Grey 2x10 plate assembly, if it's below or above the 2x2 medium gray axle connector. If it's below then it will add resistance to the rolling once the rear two wheel touches the board. In such case the syringe will not reach completely in the base. 
We didn't have any issue at Purple or White tables at Chantilly and our syringe rolled to the base precisely.
 
Chantilly2 tournament was well organized and Chantilly Robotics (FRC Team 612) students did fabolous job. Managing 30+ teams regional competition is not quiet easy task and six tables were quiet busy all day. Game time management was not precise, but no one complained about missing judging schedules. Few things need attention - game scores were not available till the second round due to the technical difficulty. Next time place a old fashioned contingency plan - display it on the white board.
 
 
Feel free to view the opening ceremony and my team 4514 pictures and my Team #4514 in action.
 
http://picasaweb.google.com/haridasd/FLL2010Nov13#5539459378814936738
 
Desh Deshmukh
Team 4514 - BGiRo Neurons

From: Victor Aldana <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 9:29:08 PM
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Syringe question

Jeff,
The syringe rolls back to base on its own after pushing down the lever. That was one of the two missions my rookie team excelled :)  and it always worked at practice and official round tables at yesterday tournament (Chantilly HS).

Verify the construction of the syringe, in particular, that the rims of the wheels are in the right direction, that is, the rim pattern showing to the outside. I noticed that if they put them the other way, the syringe rolls much slower and sometimes it does not reach base.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Victor

Nov 14, 2010 07:57:50 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

Can anyone assist  with a syringe question based on the tournament experiences thus far, if the models are correctly constructed, will the syringe supposed to roll back to base on its own?  Ie if you tripped the red level by hand as a test, is it supposed to roll back to base? If it does not seem to be rolling back to base, can you request the referee to adjust the wheels before the start? 

 

Thanks,

Jeff

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