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# Changes

## Disclaimer

This section covers changes that take place during Team Leads meetings with AKS and are not yet in the official rulebook but overwrite existing rules or add clarification to them.

## January 17, 2024

### Electrical

1. Quick battery removal is no longer a requirement. Instead batteries must be mounted and secured with the intent to reduce risk of puncture, overheating, and overcurrent to reduce risk of incidents.
* A remote disconnect or emergency button will be required to cut any electrical connections to the battery in the case of an incident.
2. Alternative tires are allowed as long as they are comparable in hardness (durometer) to Hoosier R60B compound.
* Vega White tires are allowed.
* Tire sizes must remain exactly as are in the rules.

## January 31, 2024

### Administrative

1. No persons in go-kart while the go-kart is turned on.
* A person can be in the go-kart as long as the go-kart is turned off completely.
2. Safety Officer helps to inspect other teams and support other teams pass inspections.

### Safety

1. Urgent Braking
* All teams must prove that they have a deadman/urgent braking switch that has the go-kart come to a safe stop.
* Deadman switch must trigger if a controller leaves range or disconnects
* The urgent stop must be commandable through software and via a physical switch
* 3 Points of stopping:
* Automatic stopping on command (physical or software)
* Can be satisfied by switching to RC control to stop
* Emergency Stop final measure if nothing else works
2. Emergency Disconnect
* Physical switch must exist on go-kart to disconnect ALL power on the go-kart
* Minimum of 1 switch, (multiple are allowed for different power systems, ie. 1 for main power and 1 for pc power)
* Can be remote controlled --not required
* Team must explain all kill-switches in inspection
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[Introduction](Introduction.md)
[Overview](Overview.md)

- [Changes](Changes/changes.md)

- [Administrative](Administrative/administrative.md)
- [Mechanical](Mechanical/mechanical.md)
- [Electrical](Electrical/electrical.md)
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