Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

pounds is not a mass unit. the SI unit is kilograms (shudder...metric). the english (american) is pound-mass (i believe). it comes to about 60 kg

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Four times. :(
*cries*
^ Bill's fan.

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Yes you are right but I was refering to this. The weight of an object is W=mg where m is the mass and g is the gravitational constant of where ever you are weighing the object. Mass is a constant where ever you go, weight is not because of g. Hence your robot will weigh more on Earth than the moon due to the Moon's lower gravitaional pull.

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Actually the american (English) unit of mass is a slug (officially).

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Whereas, if FIRST and Dean moved to southern California, Dean could try to grab a chunk on top of Palos Verdes before it all falls into the ocean. But, as the pres. of Robinson Helicopters found out, the neighbors might object to helicopters landing in his front yard.

The advantage would be that, at Kickoff, nobody would have to freeze, in NASA WebTV trailers or otherwise. FIRST should have no trouble coming up with an earthquake- and fire-proof building, especially if DEKA helps with the design (do they do architecture?). ;)

The other advantage is, it's on the Pacific Rim. Next stop: Japan.

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Nah. They're too busy working out. Besides, you say "robots" and they say "You're over my head." ;)

No offense to anyone on a sports team!

Re: FIRST moving to Indy?
 

Maybe FIRST could build a joint headquarters with the national model airplane organization whose headquarters and national flying site are already in Muncie. There's no good place in Muncie for the FIRST championship, but that could be held in Indy, about 40 miles away.