It's awesome to see teams finally getting a rolling chassis completed! Very inspiring to those of us who are still putting a few nuts and bolts together. As I see YouTube or other streaming videos popping up every which way, I notice many are driving on tiles, or a similar type of flooring. While watching it roll that fast is great, don't be fooled. I understand some of you may already befriended this nice tidbit of advice, but...
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MAKE SURE YOU TEST ON CARPET!!!]
You may be thinking, "dave, u r krazzy!! ever1 tsets on carpet!!!1!" Take it from someone with a little bad experience, we made that mistake last year. Arrived at regionals only to find that it wouldn't even budge a foot on carpet. Thanks to Delphi Elite (I think it was, one of the Delphi's) the zip tie solution came to play. Point is, find a nice carpeted room that is roughly the same make as an arena floor. If not, you can buy a nice sized chunk of it from the official supplier.
So now you're pondering how to obtain some of this "über-1337" material.
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Originally Posted by GDC
FIRST gets the carpet used at the competitions from a company called S+S Mills. To order carpet from them, call 800-241-4013 and ask for Debbie Collins. Please mention "Gary Ulbin" when you call so that she can associate you with FIRST.
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Happy building, and good luck to all teams.
David Thomas,
Bedford Robotics