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Unread 11-12-2011, 17:41
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Re: Driver's Stations

Previous to me on the team, they made an elevated platform from an old KOP.
But this year we just simply used a peice of plywood with velcro to hold the joysticks and zip ties to reduce the wire clutter. This wasn't that great because when we sat it down the wires always ended underneath and we had to pull them out.

Things I've learned,
-definately secure your joysticks or other light parts
-elevated surface is nice for carrying and placement (make sure the legs fit on the provided space)
-if you can secure the wires down or contain them, that helps
-and pls, pls, pls do not make one that is a disaster every time it has to get moved: Several times I have seen teams make a whole folding mechanism that folds into a box for carrying but it took forever for someone to do it and wires would always dangle out and have to be crammed in; so both alliances would be all ready at their DS while one team was still waited for the team from the previous match to get out of the way
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