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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis
Seeing as FIRST basically had no low bar flaps left after week 1, no matter what they did it would have been "an entirely different obstacle". This seems like the closest they could get to the former behavior on their tight schedule.
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I don't know, using bumper fabric for low bars didn't make the obstacle entirely different, except for the part where bumper fabric was far less prone to ripping apart. If anything buying a few yards of fabric seems easier for most events to do than getting strips of vinyl cut and zip tied together. I really don't get why FIRST went this route.
I'm especially troubled by the early reports that this vinyl makes the low bar effectively shorter. Making the biggest design constraint in this game even tougher, long after we're finished with our robots, instead of "just" buying tougher fabric? For once I'm glad I competed Week 1 and not Week 2!