Painting the cortex

[Ethan_W]

So I have hydro dipped my cortex and controller. What I failed to realize before doing it is that I covered up the vex logo. I looked through the manual and the only rule I found against it was in the non functional decorations section. In the past teams in my club have got in trouble for covering up the logo with tape. Can anyone help me out with the exact ruling. I must be missing it. I will post picture later for those who need it.

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”.
i. Anodizing and painting of parts would be considered a legal nonfunctional decoration
ii. Any guards or decals must be backed by legal materials that provide the same
functionality. i.e. If your robot has a giant decal that prevents Scoring Objects from
falling out of the robot, the decal must be backed by VEX material that also prevents
the Scoring Objects from falling out.
iii. If using the VEX speaker (Part #276-1504), the chosen audio must not be distracting
and must be in good taste. The Head Inspector and Head Referee will make the final
decision on the appropriateness of the audio.
iv. Cameras are permitted as non-functional decorations provided that any transmitting
functions or wireless communications are disabled. Unusually large cameras being
used as ballast are not permitted.

[TheColdedge]

So I have hydro dipped my cortex and controller. What I failed to realize before doing it is that I covered up the vex logo. I looked through the manual and the only rule I found against it was in the non functional decorations section. In the past teams in my club have got in trouble for covering up the logo with tape. Can anyone help me out with the exact ruling. I must be missing it. I will post picture later for those who need it.

What you’ve done should be legal. If you are that worried about it, you might poke around to get a vinyl sticker to replace it.

[Ethan_W]

Ok thanks, I wanted to cover my bases

[Ethan_W]

So I relooked at the rules and I found this

<R14> No more than two VEX hand-held transmitters may control a single robot during the
tournament. No modification of these transmitters is allowed of ANY kind.

How I read this is to the internals, but I want to double check. If need be I can ask this in an official QA

[TheColdedge]

If need be I can ask this in an official QA

I have seen plenty of painted controllers and we’ve had to “modify” the controllers because they break if you look at them wrong…

But yes, I would ask the official Q&A and include pictures.

[Download_Complete]

This has already been ruled as legal in the Q & A in the past link

So a long as it can be proved it’s a vex part it’s legal.

Edit: this thread might help as well link