just reading over this thread its quite interesting to see what peoples views are.

Grant your last comment sounds exactly like what happened at series 7 with us when we smashed the arena.

Also The most possible way i can think would be to have a long stick pertruding from underneath the FBS and pull that out.

Well we dont quite have a stick poking out the bottom, we just have it out the top! The link was our first major problem and we did what we thought was best to solve it and i think that most people would agree its one of the best places to put it. It also has the added bonus that if the disc gets unbalanced, the oscilation can pull it free, however it takes a hell of alot to do this but it was done in testing.........no trying to take our link out ideas andrew!

It is entirely up to the event organiser as to whether or not they let a robot run. If they are satisfied it meets their requirements and they are happy with it then its their decision to let it run.

And grant about the bearings, they wouldnt be suitable for a 6kg robot, far far too heavy. The two needed would take up 1kg which i dont think would be very good in a effective FBS