I must have misread some of the documentation/emails.  I thought that the team could opt not to have the airplane wire/zip line configured at all if they did not want it up during the tournament.

 

If I understand the email from the VA/DC FLL Referee, the wire/zipline MUST be configured during the tournament and the team cannot opt to have it removed before the robot performs its runs.

 

Could someone please confirm?

 

Thanks,

Leigh Light

 

From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ODD Merit Badge Jamboree
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 6:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Qualifier scheduling

 

No, the team may not take down the wire/zip line.  There are several rules that prohibit that kind of change.

 

First--it isn't allowed at all.

Rule 14:  Mission Models
  - You may not take mission models apart, even temporarily.

Second--the team isn't allowed to do it by hand.
Rule 20:  Sending/Handling Things Outside Base
  - Your hands may not directly or indirectly strategically change the shape, position, motion, quantity, or other status of things outside Base ...

Third--if the robot does it, then your team can't score points because of doing it.
Rule 34:  Model Damage
  - Any scoring success which obviously depended on model damage is marked scoreless.

Steve Scherr
VA/DC FLL Referee Advisor

 

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Mac Duis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Once the plane is released, can the team take down the wire?

Mac Duis

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