• The Ask Aaron site exists to support builders of combat robots with information, design tools, and advice based on our robot competition experience. We are not a free engineering service, and we won't do your homework for you.

• As a secondary service we are pleased to share our knowledge about what goes on 'behind the scenes' and 'in the pits' at competitions, our views on issues important to the sport, and information we have uncovered while researching the history of robot combat.

• Questions on robot topics outside these areas will be answered on a lower priority basis.

I've received some "questions" where the bulk of the text is used to express views or opinions that would be better suited to social media posts. Although I may find the topics of these messages personally interesting I will reject submittals of this type. I won't have Ask Aaron turned into Reddit. Let's keep it to actual combat robot questions, please.