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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2024-2025: Rapid Relay
2046: airborne pass
Can the balls touch the ground while being transfered form robot to robot during a pass or does the ball have to remain airborne throughout the whole pass because the rule does not specify<SC5>
As stated in the blue box in rule <G3>,
When in doubt, if there is no rule prohibiting an action, it is generally legal. However, if you have to ask whether a given action would violate S1, G1, or T1 then that’s probably a good indication that it is outside the spirit of the competition.
Because the rules do not require that a Ball remains airborne throughout a Pass, and letting a Ball touch the Field would not violate rules <S1>, <G1><G1>, or <T1> <T1>, this would be legal.