
28-11-2015, 11:20
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,766
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Re: Most embarrassing thing to happen to you at a FIRST event?
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Originally Posted by Munchskull
This year we feild a robot that had three of the four rivets on one of its tote gathering arms sheerd. That lead to us nor being able to intake totes correctly. While not many noticed it when we finally found the problem it was embarrassing. Luckily the match after we sheerd them had to be replayed. However all rivets must be 3/16 or larger now, 5/32 has brought great shame to its kind.
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While 5/32nd rivets can absolutely be used properly and with much success, I'll never use them again when 3/16th rivets are so much more idiot proof and so much more easily available. Weight savings isn't worth it.
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