How stuffed are the floppies?
 

Posted by Ian, Student on team #188 from Woburn C.I..

Posted on 3/3/99 2:46 PM MST



Well, the message pretty much says it all...I'm wondering how much the floppies are generally stuffed (I'm the human player for my team and it affects how I practice). Also, does FIRST generally replace floppies that have become crushed or do we just have to deal with it?

REALLY STUFFED!
 

Posted by David, Student on team #269, BruQuest, from Oconomowoc High School and Quest .

Posted on 3/3/99 5:42 PM MST


In Reply to: How stuffed are the floppies? posted by Ian on 3/3/99 2:46 PM MST:



Hi
To our suprise the floppies at the competition were REALLY STUFFED. That
was a problem for us because we designed our basket for the floppies we
had gotten from first (which didn't seem to be very stuffed). So at the
competition we had a problem in fitting floppies into our basket.

I think they replace damaged floppies, although there was only one damaged
floppy in the whole competition as far as I remember.

CYA + good luck
David

Re: REALLY STUFFED!
 

Posted by Bethany Dunning, Coach on team #163, Quantum Mechanics, from International Academy and Quantum Consultants/EATON/ITT Industries.

Posted on 3/4/99 6:16 AM MST


In Reply to: REALLY STUFFED! posted by David on 3/3/99 5:42 PM MST:



They replace "damaged" floppies, but originally in the competition manual,
it was stated that the floppies unless damaged (and i assumed that to mean
pretty much falling apart) they would be used all day. Now, the floppy that
we got at kick-off is pretty much flat now, from being tossed around, and
played with, and having the peanuts, and I assumed that at the end of a competition
day, the field floppies would be in a similar state. Comments?

: Hi
: To our suprise the floppies at the competition were REALLY STUFFED. That
: was a problem for us because we designed our basket for the floppies we
: had gotten from first (which didn't seem to be very stuffed). So at the
: competition we had a problem in fitting floppies into our basket.

: I think they replace damaged floppies, although there was only one damaged
: floppy in the whole competition as far as I remember.

: CYA + good luck
: David

Re: Not every day
 

Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.

Posted on 3/4/99 11:35 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: REALLY STUFFED! posted by Bethany Dunning on 3/4/99 6:16 AM MST:




They were very stuffed the practice day and gradually deflated over the 3 days. This was also evident since were able to fit 7 or 8 in our basket the last day and could only fit 5 or 6 on the practice day. We got one tangled in our drive system in the quarter finals. When I took it out, I noticed that it was quite noticeably flat. I did not notice if they replaced it for the next matches. So be prepared for all conditions.

Raul