Hi All
Something you all might want to think about!
Speaking from the point of view of one who has had the experience of removing the links in most of the competing robots in robot wars. The main issue for the Tech crew is, Can the link be removed safely when the robot is Live or upsidedown outside the arena?.
With full body spinners we can use a House robot to stop them and pin the against the arena wall before making them safe.
Most of the problems come from roboteers putting the link behind a cover or door that is screwed or locked. If that cover becomes damaged in some way how are we supposed to get to the link with the robot on its side? Even with easy access it is very difficult to pull the links on some robots.
The rules are there for ours and your safety, mentorn does not bend the rules, If the tech crew think it will be too dangerious to safely remove the link then that robot team will have to make modifications to their machine to make it safe
Please remember, when you build your robot think about where you will position the link. Then take a sledge hammer to it and perhaps cut a few pannels with an axe, then see if you can still remove the link without cutting you hand on the very small sharp edged access hole coverd with a bent piece of 5mm steel.
Keep it safe out there :-)