[FTC]: Flag Holder

[Rick]

Any recommendations on what to use for an FTC flag holder?

[GeorgeTheEng]

You have use something that won't damage the flag. Standard things I have seen are:
- A piece of vex square shaft mounted with 2 shaft collars
- Long screws from the kit with a keps or lock nut

Note the hex standoffs are too wide for most staws and will often cause issues.

[Rick]

Doesn't the flag holder need to be a tube of some sort?

[Rich Kressly]

Nope. The flag, itself, is a straw so the holder can be a vertical piece of shaft. My teams have used shaft successfully for two years now. Those silly FRC folks have the flag thing backwards ;).

Referrring to <R13> in the interactive manual here:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.php?p=11951&postcount=2
it tells you the dimensions of the flag tube (part of the flag itself)

[Rick]

Thanks everyone.