Quote:
Originally Posted by mrnoble
People. Do we really want to put together a plan in which one of the major objectives of the game will rely on our ability to debate the meaning of words with an inspector? When we still have five weeks to design, prototype, and test? When there are dozens of viable alternatives? For instance, have we tried combing fibers out of something else that is, inarguably, rope, and tested them against the hook side of Velcro for adhesion? Just one of many options.
I implore you to not spend your mental energy on preparing your argument for the inspectors. We all have better things to be thinking about and working on.
|
^^ This. We used a window motor today to climb a COTS poly 3/8" rope (no mods other than a cut and light fusing with a heat gun), lifting its 14 pound battery and other mechanisms. All the magic was on the winch side. Apart from a lumber frame, everything was standard FRC components built with tools available to nearly all teams. If it weren't that the large diameter of the default rope (6 ton line? really?
) would require gearing farther down and a larger drum, we would consider using it.