Joseph,
I would avoid trying to make literal connections between the robot game and
the real world. Many times the game is set up deliberately to celebrate
exactly this type of outside-the-box thinking. You know your kids best, and
if you think your approach is best for them, absolutely go for it. That
being said, I would also encourage you to not go to the team and show them
this new solution. Let them figure it out on their own. My newest kid this
year figured out that solution in the second team practice. I tell them all
the time if the rules don't say you can't, then you CAN. Find the hidden
solutions!

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 8:10 PM joseph bastian <
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> The problem with that "solution" is that it totally distorts the concept
> of a safety factor. The point is to demonstrate that a structure may built
> with more supports than are absolutely physically necessary thus offering
> redundancy- a safety factor.
> So you are need to decided if you want to win points or do you want to
> your students to understand the concept of a safety factor.
>
> Why are we doing this?
>
> On Sunday, October 20, 2019, 05:35:44 PM EDT, VA-DC FLL Referee Advisor <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> As David notes, the important result for M09 is that the Test Building
> ends up "Independent and Supported only by the blue beams”. How it gets
> there doesn't matter.
>
> Steve Scherr
> Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 5:08 PM David LeBlanc <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In regards to Mission 9 Safety factor that states: If the Test Building is
> Independent and Supported
> only by the blue beams, and some beams have been knocked out at least half
> way.
>
> I have seen some YouTube videos of teams that completely lift the test
> building off the blue beams, knock over the blue beams and then lower the
> building back on top of the beams that are now knocked over. Is this
> allowed?
>
> It does seem to meet the criteria of “ Independent and Supported only by
> the blue beams”.
>
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