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Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej
Inspections
I was not there on Thursday, but I heard all of the controversy regaurding AndyMark Omniwheels and IFI Traction wheels being deemed cleats and almost being declared illegal.
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I wasn't at Buckeye this year (same weekend as my home regional) but I did help with robot inspections there last year. Lead inspector Joe Saus has several years experience now; he is a gracious professional and a very reasonable guy. I'm certain that his only intention on the issue of AndyMark omnis and IFI traction wheels was to ensure uniform inspection standards. And he got the call right in the end. Please keep in mind these are both new COTS components for 2006 so Joe's inspection team probably had no previous exposure to them.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Kolodziej
Practice Field
All I'm going to say is that in this year's game, a piece of carpet is NOT an adequate practice FIELD. One upper goal (with light) and one lower goal MINIMUM would be nice - is it this way at other regionals as well??
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We had both a center goal (with light) and a corner goal on the practice carpet in the back of the pit area in St. Louis. The reason we had these is that a member of our regional planning committee very graciously built them himself in his own shop before our remote kick-off event -- they were not provided by FIRST headquarters. I think similarly dedicated regional volunteers are responsible for any practice goals that you may see at other events.
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