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Re: [FTC]: What do you wish FTC would...

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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
This year's field had a DIY version available on the game page on the FIRST site.

It wasn't exactly hidden that there was an alternative to buying an AndyMark field.
But the DIY kit was made from different materials which gave it a different coefficient of friction on the ramp, for example, so it was not really the same field. Honestly, it seemed like it was an afterthought when folks asked for it.

That's different from coming up with a field specification that you can make or purchase, where the result is identical, and then having AndyMark or other vendors build their field to the same spec as everybody else.

And there were no DIY options for rolling goals. Rolling goals could have been cut from wood with rotating caster wheels, but having custom molded plastic shapes made it essentially impossible to build 100% spec compliant versions.
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