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Working in the pits
Posted by Gary Bonner at 04/11/2001 12:03 PM EST
Other on team #433, Firebirds, from Mount Saint Joseph Academy and SCT Corp., FMC Corp.. I was a bit surprised by the announcements that you could not use tools in the pits that produced chips or shavings. That severely limited the repairs/changes you could make to your robot. And judging by the time it took to get a few holes drilled in one sprocket, I don’t think the machine shop was an option for major repairs. Although this was our first nationals, we didn’t come across such a limitation at the Philly regional this year or last. Was this a requirement at other regionals or at past nationals? Based on some of the tools I saw in other pits, it looked like it was a surprise to quite a few teams. |
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Re: Working in the pits
Posted by Gui Cavalcanti at 04/11/2001 12:24 PM EST
Student on team #422, Mech Tech, from Governor's School (GSGIS) and Verizon. In Reply to: Working in the pits Posted by Gary Bonner on 04/11/2001 12:03 PM EST: All that we really noticed at the VCU regionals was the restriction of soldering in the pits (which we violated to get a control box running in under 5 minutes, because a match was coming soon). I noticed a lot of teams ignoring the rules, too, so I can't really say anything about Nationals. -Gui |
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Re: Working in the pits
Posted by Chris Hardman at 04/11/2001 3:03 PM EST
Student on team #111, WILDSTANG, from Rolling Meadows and Wheeling High schools and motorola. In Reply to: Working in the pits Posted by Gary Bonner on 04/11/2001 12:03 PM EST: ahhh but they never said you couldn't go outside to do drill, cutting, etc. i noticed some teams using those portable lights as tables. chris : I was a bit surprised by the announcements that you could not use tools in the pits that produced chips or shavings. That severely limited the repairs/changes you could make to your robot. And judging by the time it took to get a few holes drilled in one sprocket, I don’t think the machine shop was an option for major repairs. Although this was our first nationals, we didn’t come across such a limitation at the Philly regional this year or last. Was this a requirement at other regionals or at past nationals? Based on some of the tools I saw in other pits, it looked like it was a surprise to quite a few teams. |
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