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EricH 02-02-2006 23:34

Re: No glue... :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chriszuma
Well with the kind of electricity we're dealing with, it wouldn't be sparks that could be a fire hazard, but shorted out electronics. More than once a motor has belched flames in a competition, in that case you'd better pray you used fire-retardant plywood.

Haven't seen that, but I remember two instances where it almost happened. First one--1999 at SVR. One of the robots started smoking (white, luckily--or not) during a match. Second one--Last year at LA. A rookie team had a robot that dumped tetras under the goals. Something happened, I'm not sure what. The robot got stuck in a goal and began spitting a shower of sparks about a foot high every time it tried to move.

Cory 03-02-2006 15:55

Re: No glue... :(
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by EricH
Haven't seen that, but I remember two instances where it almost happened. First one--1999 at SVR. One of the robots started smoking (white, luckily--or not) during a match. Second one--Last year at LA. A rookie team had a robot that dumped tetras under the goals. Something happened, I'm not sure what. The robot got stuck in a goal and began spitting a shower of sparks about a foot high every time it tried to move.

Team 691 caught fire at SoCal a couple years ago, IIRC.

Even more ironic due to their name (Hartburn)

Anime-niac_2.9 03-02-2006 16:00

Re: No glue... :(
 
That doesn't seem that bad. A senior on my team lit himself on fire...twice.


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