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Tape Measures and Design
Our team found that the typical keyang and rubber wheel configuration was too heavy (~ 3.5# with the added relay) for consideration after the first regionals in March.
Since then one of our students designed a new reel that can be used with a Fisher Price Motor. This motor is fixed to the tape measure housing itself and weighs about 1/2 of the "typical" tape measure devive mentioned earlier.
Is the concept new, no, but the product IS. Even with this reduction we have had to engineer weight reducing changes to our machine. It was no small or simple task. So I wouldn't say that I would expect to see a lot of tape measures popping up all over the place, at least not on your heavier/at or near weight machines. Sure there are bound to be a few that get "slapped on", but also remember that they are legal, and if a team can manage to engineer them, and install them then good for them.
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14th Season Leading and Mentoring Great Students!!
FINALIST 2014 GLBRD- Thanks 5281 & 2145
Qtr-Finalist 2014 Bedford District
Qtr-Finalist 2014 Kettering District- (Which way was the robot s'posed to be facing...?!) 
FINALIST 2011 Kettering District- God work 494 & 1684- great elim. debut Chimera's!
WINNER! 2010 West Michigan District- Awesome job 3357 & 2054!
WINNER! 2004 West Michigan Regional
2004 Rookie All-Star & Highest Rookie Seed Pittsburgh Rgnl; Rookie Inspiration & Highest Rookie Seed West Michigan Rgnl (3rd)
2007 Semi-Finalist MWR
2008 Finalist MWR - Thanks 111 & 1504  Judges Award MWR
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