Answered: Legality of Platidip (Clarification)

[JesseCRN]

In a recent Q&A you had somewhat confusingly said that plastidip is illegal on functional parts. If, however, you plastidip the frame of the robot, which is non-functional, would that be legal? How about other parts of the robot that are non-functional and don’t contact the game elements, would those be legal areas to plastidip?

Thanks Karthik.

[Karthik]

In a recent Q&A you had somewhat confusingly said that plastidip is illegal on functional parts. If, however, you plastidip the frame of the robot, which is non-functional, would that be legal? How about other parts of the robot that are non-functional and don’t contact the game elements, would those be legal areas to plastidip?

Plastidip cannot be used as functional part. If it is solely being used as a decoration, it would be legal as per <R7d>.

<R7> Robots are allowed the following additional “non-VEX” components:
d. Teams may add non-functional decorations provided that these do not affect the robot performance in any significant way or affect the outcome of the match. These decorations must be in the spirit of the competition. Inspectors will have final say in what is considered “nonfunctional”.

[JesseCRN]

Plastidip cannot be used as functional part. If it is solely being used as a decoration, it would be legal as per <R7d>.

Perfect, that’s what I thought. Thank you Karthik.

[Karthik]

Perfect, that’s what I thought. Thank you Karthik.

You’re welcome.