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Unread 12-04-2016, 04:22
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Re: Aiming lamps

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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon View Post
At the Sacramento Regional, the LRI expressed an additional concern: blinding audience members. If you have a field arrangement where the audience is behind either of the towers (as is typical when the venue is a basketball arena), this may be something to keep in mind, even if you only turn the light on when aiming.
Yes, it could potentially be a problem. The Inverse Square Law says that the light intensity will greatly decrease with distance, and the audience is usually a reasonable distance from the field. It's funny how many things learnt in Physics class at school I am able to apply to FRC.

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