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Unread 01-04-2016, 14:49
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Re: Tape measure climber club
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Originally Posted by Libby K View Post
We're not doing anything like this for FRC, so I can't speak to these cases, but this fall our two FTC teams discovered that the former does not work well, even for smaller robots. The metal 'tape' ended up breaking off from the spools they were attached to, and the teams switched to a different material after their first two events.

Our two MidKnight Magic teams broke so many tape measures that the Inventors didn't have any left in our shop by the time build season came around. I think they ended up replacing the tapes at least 2 or 3 times an event.
What width and brand of tape measures were they using? Were the loads purely in tension, or was there significant torsion or shear?
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