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That is a sick looking top:ahh: What is that made of and how durable is it?

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Thanks!

Actually that's Lycra fiber.. we used it's ability to stretch up to 3 times the original size (!!!) and a girl from our team sewed it with special strong velcros that connected it to our chassis.. we actually have two of those "tents" and we switch them according to the alliance color.

The biggest surprise was its strength. The fact we stretched it made balls actually bounce right off it... pretty cool.. now we're working on printing on it.

here is a picture of our red format: http://yfrog.com/2gredshybotj

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Looks pretty cool. Do you guys successfully hang?

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actually in Israel we had a lot of communication problems so we didn't get to test our hanging, but we know it takes a bit too long, about 8-10 secs.. we are now working on our previous idea that hanges kind of like 33, along w/ our unique clutch system..

how did you guys do in your regional?

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Oh okay. Good luck with it!

We won the VCU Regional and we're going to the North Carolina Regional this weekend. I'm very excited!