Locking bars and arming up!

[james...venom]

Hi leo thats why I said maybe theres a better option or a better wording for the locking bar. As an MD of an events company locking bar v no locking bar its certainly in.

Yes its in the rules but currently the rules can be interpreted in many ways to just scrape through. Thats why there are good locking pins like LF3's and indeed all the Big Nipper Teams robots and then theres people that give it no thought and just stick something together so it passes a tech check. My opinion is that the robot should be designed in a way to properly incorporate such a safety devise rather than it be an after thought. That way its a hec of a lot safer.

Your particular robot Leo you may feel safer not having a locking bar however you must appreciate EO's cant have different standards depending on the builders point of view (and I do respect yours as a veteran). There must be standard rules regarding safety and the robots must be designed to incorporate them. safety rules should never be an after thought once a robot has been built.

Maybe we should come up with some standards for the locking bars and test them in the arena for tech checking.