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Originally Posted by Tanis
The material looks identical to what the event staff put up for A/V equipment at every regional. I wouldn't be surprised if FIRST struck a good deal with Show Ready Events to rent them out for a season, or if FIRST actually owned some of the equipment already.
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You're correct that it is similar to that the event staff use. But there is a couple reasons they wouldn't use a rented one, the primary being that it
will get damage from the robots, and a rental company wouldn't want that. We also have 4 districts this year, and they don't have production companies, so the truss is purchased and sent over by FIRST. Plus, I think that is reusable enough that there's no reason not to purchase it, they can have it for later.
Also, the manual specifically says what and where they got it:
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Originally Posted by 2.2.5
The middle of the FIELD is spanned by the TRUSS. It is a General Purpose 1 ft. x 1 ft. square TRUSS made by James Thomas Engineering
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