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AKA: Thomas Brown
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Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
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Re: pic: MegaMaid front View

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
Are those vertical side rails steel? That looks like a monster!
Well, the side rails are made of fiberglass reenforced plastic, and those are alumiunum plates at the top. Yes, it does go from "suck to blow!" (that's where the name came from).

Quote:
Originally Posted by sparkydp
please tell me your launcher interface on the OI has some speed settings like....... light speed for close shots, ridiculous speed for medium, and ludicrous speed for those across the field shots :-p
yes, we do have three speeds, and we are working on the OI to do some cool spaceballs-themed controls.

We will be posting some more photos soon for everyone to see.

"may the schwartz be with you!"

Thomas Brown
Team 1726