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Re: Low Cost Field BOM

At first I thought the 7 sheets of plywood would be for the outside walls..driver stations...to be replaced by diamond plate. But why 7? You only need 6 for those. That would also account for some of the lumber because of the shelves. But unless they are suggesting you build the field boarders with PVC, I don't think those are for the outside walls. Besides...there are no connections listed.

Next guess: the 7 sheets are for a midfield barrier, to be replace with plexiglass. Think about it...last year, the field was 53 feet long, If I remember correctly. 7 sheets 8' long would be 56 feet long...cut a bit off and you have a nice 4' wall down the middle of the field. Problem is that it isn't supported by anything...unless you use PVC...but again, no connections are listed.

How about that rotating goal? Remember Torroid Terror? How many casters did that goal have (I don't know...I didn't start FIRST until '99...with the beloved puck!). I think that is a very likely idea.

Toilet flanges - we've seen those before, in 2002. They held the center PVC pipe in the goal. Note that there are 2 flanges and 10' of 3" pipe - meaning two 5' pipes either on the same goal or completely away from whatever has the casters. If all the smaller PVC surrounds the central pipe like 2002, that would be way too similar...I wouldn't want to see it.

There are a lot of decking screws. Now, I'm not the biggest handyman around, but when I think decking screws, I think deck...and there certainly is enough plywood to build a deck...and enough lumber to build 4" steps up to it. Think about this though...would FIRST be mean and stick to a rather standard stair (7" rise, 11" run....4" rise, 13" run) and make it difficult to climb without a really specialized mechanism, but more practical for future stair climbing Segway applications....or would we get nice big 36" platform staris so that the robot can fit on the tier all at once. Do this and there is probably enough to make a two or three tierd pyramid in the middle of the field with a spinning goal on top.

And a steel bar at the top that is rotating with the goal that you have to pull yourself up off the tier at the end of the match like 2000. =)

Don't forget the traffic cones!

Maybe I need more sleep...

Kev
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