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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss
HBut as it stands, each of the Field ropes could hold the weight of every robot at the competition at once.
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But, can they do that after 5.75 weeks of competition, when a trip to Champs is on the line? How about 2 weeks later, when it's a trip to Einstein (or New Hampshire) on the line? As it stands, I'd think so. If they were smaller, I'd be wondering.
I suspect they're sized to maintain their strength through the entire season despite wear. The GDC probably figured that teams wouldn't like the field ropes and allowed teams to bring their own--but, if the team's rope fails, it's not a field fault. (If the field rope fails, then that's another story.)
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2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons
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