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| i this allowed in the tug of war? (URL) made one and the rope will slide back and forth before I power the thing. but to me this seems to break the spirit of this rule: Fit a rope through the robot such that * At the start of the round, the rope (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Maybe, I think the idea was we didn't want people to wind the rope through some complex mechanism, or tie a knot in the rope. This is leaning towards doing that. I think the rope should pull freely in either direction before the start of the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Kinda agreed... I thought it'd be a "Straight in/straight out" kinda thing. Not the "Grade-3-wind-the-ta...ctricity." But I like creative solutions. I'm curious now what Chris has up his (...) Well, that's the thing about using a capstan. As (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) see, this is why i asked. (...) snip ya, see, thats my point. using a capstan, the rope can move VERY freely. But still... I will wait for Dave, to say he dont care either way, and Calum to say its against the rules. :) (...) OMG!!! DEATH!!! I (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) the issue here, I believe, is that I can loop the rope 'almost' into a knot--it'll still be free to move, but at 'go', with a quick yank, it'll be a knot. I'm swayed towards an 'addendum rule' regarding the rope--it can't cross itself inside (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Snipped this whole thing to death, for my own amusement... Chris said something about "winch",... no Chris, its "I pinch"... not "I winch" And wow... Dave lost me here... (...) Remind me to pack my x-ray vision glasses which I ordered from the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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