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Originally Posted by jwfoss
Whenever anyone talks about tape measures the first team that comes to mind is FRC3280 the RhodeRebels. They used a tape measure back in 2010 to climb. I'm sure that you could contact them, I remember at Boston they had a display/cutaway of the mechanism in their pit. |
I don't believe 3280 is competing this year, and the Engineers involved have moved on to other teams. I worked with them that year and would be happy to answer questions.
Here is a picture of the spare we had in the pit in Boston
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=3280
And Here is a picture of the device in action.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=3280
As PAR_WIG1350 said the Stanley Fat Max Xtreme is they way to go, or at least was in 2010. He also hit it on the head about kinking, buy multiple tape measures, and prep the tapes so they can be quickly swapped out.