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Originally Posted by Thad House
Looking at FIRST's basic field drawings for this year, it looks like all it includes is the side panels, and the supports for the driver station. Since the driver stations themselves have been different for the past 4 years, maybe those would be included with the FIRST provided parts, and the AM field would just be the sides and the uprights for the driver stations however large they are. That seems like it would fit in 3 cases without too much trouble, and is believable.
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The "standard" official FRC field perimeter includes everything for a 27' x 54' field, except the poly carb that goes over the outside sections of the driver's station. The center 3 sections of the driver's station have remained the same for a number of years, it is just the panels in the outside sections that are different or are deleted. I've got a pallet in storage at the Washington FIRST Robotics Fieldhouse with those items that were not used in this years field configuration. That includes 4 diamond plate panels and 4 of the top cross members per field.
The AM field would replicate the connection system used on the driver's station so that you could substitute a different lower panel in the outside sections of the driver's station as was done this season, where the low goal was. It would also need the ability place the corner uprights on either side of the 3 center sections where the drivers actually stand as was done last season, to attach the angled feeder station and low goal.