23-01-2014, 17:37
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Passionate FIRST-er, CD donor
AKA: Gerry
 FRC #0578 (Red Raider Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 256
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Re: Frame Perimeter Tolerance
I was at an event a few years ago in which the team across from us failed inspection due to their frame being half an inch too wide. They only had 5 students on their whole team, so I sent a few of our students (and some of our tools) over to help them remake a whole lot of their robot. Very frustrating for that team (but I admired how they accepted and handled the situation).
If you have any possible way to take a quarter inch out now, I'd highly recommend it. Much better than going to your first regional with a 50% chance of failing. Maybe you can round off the corners a bit? But be careful about bumper rules...
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Cal
R3: Red Raider Robotics (FRC Team 578)
Fairport, NY, USA
www.FairportRobotics.org
2016 Finger Lakes Regional: Semifinalist on Alliance 7 (1128, 2010, 578)
2016 NYC Regional: Finalist on Alliance 3 (3419, 578, 3017), 4th seed team, Team Spirit Award
2015 Finger Lakes Regional: 8-3-0 in qualification, 7th seed, Quarterfinalist
2014 NY Tech Valley Regional: 8-4-0 in qualification, 13th seed, Semifinalist
2013 Finger Lakes Regional: 4-5-0 in qualification, 26th seed, Alliance 6, 1-2 in tournament
2012 Buckeye Regional: Gracious Professionalism Award, 7-3-0, 14th seed
2011 Finger Lakes Regional: Engineering Inspiration Award
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