Our entire robot's design could have potentially swung on whether or not we could have gotten that light to fold down! It was getting relatively late into the season and I remember we had to decide right then and there whether or not we would want to "limbo" as we called it. We managed to finagle that light onto a piece of surgical tubing and every time we ran headlong underneath the bar, the cover would hit full on, bounce down and come back up. It caused a grimace every time on my part, but if I remember correctly, we only had to replace them twice through the entire season. That robot went on to win WMR and finish 2nd at CR though. Maybe the light was a bonus?!
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Originally Posted by Ben Lauer
Personally, I don't know why they didn't just use flags in the first place. You can see them any angle, they don't cost you precious weight on the Robot, you don't have wire them, and they are very cheap to fix. Insert new PVC pipe here, apply zip-tie.
We spent too many hours in 2003 trying to figure out a way to get the rotating light to fold down so that we could go under the bar. That was a ridiculous waste of time (but it was cool!)
What did FIRST have those first 3-6 years? Was it always the light?
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