[FTC]: New TETRIX parts for FTC

[Tony_Allen]

As teams start to design their new builds for the upcoming FTC season, I wanted to inform everybody of some brand new elements for TETRIX that will be made available for this season. All parts are currently in production and should be available by November 1 pending any production delays.

-TETRIX Linear Slide Motion Pack (Rack and Pinion gear sets included)
-TETRIX Inside C Connector
-TETRIX Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Motor/Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Inside Corner Bracket
-TETRIX Adjustable Servo Bracket
-TETRIX Plastic Quick Rivets
-TETRIX Flats
-288mm
-160mm
-96mm
-64mm

With the announcment of "Ring it Up" we are very excited to be able to bring these elements to FIRST to help teams engineer exciting solutions for this years game challenge.

Tony Allen

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by Tony_Allen

As teams start to design their new builds for the upcoming FTC season, I wanted to inform everybody of some brand new elements for TETRIX that will be made available for this season. All parts are currently in production and should be available by November 1 pending any production delays.

-TETRIX Linear Slide Motion Pack (Rack and Pinion gear sets included)
-TETRIX Inside C Connector
-TETRIX Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Motor/Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Inside Corner Bracket
-TETRIX Adjustable Servo Bracket
-TETRIX Plastic Quick Rivets
-TETRIX Flats
-288mm
-160mm
-96mm
-64mm

With the announcment of "Ring it Up" we are very excited to be able to bring these elements to FIRST to help teams engineer exciting solutions for this years game challenge.

Tony Allen

Thanks Tony! As a first year FTC team we are new with the whole Tetrix thing, can you post a link where we can see pictures of these items?

Evan

[Tony_Allen]

All part images and pricing will be available at parts.FTCrobots.com by the end of the week.

Tony

[Sasha]

Great!
I whis I knew it earlier - maybe then I woudl not need to order that expensive linear slide on ebay

By the way: is there any place where one could leave feedback/suggestions for future Tetrix parts?

[Madison]

Tony,

I understand that we may be in a minority in this regard, but for teams in Washington, the FTC season is very much underway and the first competitions are a about a month and a half away -- or about two weeks after your target date for these new parts.

It'd be helpful if improvements like this were available to all teams at kickoff and that our programs are not put at a potential disadvantage when competing at the national/worldwide level because products aren't available at kickoff.

[smtoney]

Originally Posted by Madison

It'd be helpful if improvements like this were available to all teams at kickoff and that our programs are not put at a potential disadvantage when competing at the national/worldwide level because products aren't available at kickoff.

To be fair some of these were listed in one of the Pitsco catalogs that came out around kickoff. (Not the slides though) However I agree that A) more information is always better and B) it would have been nice to have them available at kick off. It's not like the game was a mystery to the GDC far enough in advance to prime the part pump earlier.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by smtoney

To be fair some of these were listed in one of the Pitsco catalogs that came out around kickoff.

How does it matter (is it 'fair'?) where the parts are listed if they're not available to ship until 75% of the way through one team's build season and only 33% of the way through another team's? Virginia qualifiers start in December, so while we're not quite as bad off as Madison's group it's still led us down a much different path for the teams.

I'm interested in seeing how the servo bracket adjusts. That part could have saved us some time/rework in previous years, depending on how it's done.

[Nemo]

The part images are up on parts.ftcrobots.com as of yesterday evening. I think I like the adjustable servo bracket and the inside C connector best out of the new stuff. The flats could be handy at times; usually we just cut and drill a piece of sheet aluminum when we need something like that, but it could be a time saver.

[Andrew Remmers]

Originally Posted by Nemo

The part images are up on parts.ftcrobots.com as of yesterday evening. I think I like the adjustable servo bracket and the inside C connector best out of the new stuff. The flats could be handy at times; usually we just cut and drill a piece of sheet aluminum when we need something like that, but it could be a time saver.

Perhaps you could provide direct links? I can't find any.

[Nemo]

Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902

Perhaps you could provide direct links? I can't find any.

Go to http://parts.ftcrobots.com.

[FTC3415]

Awesome! Quick question though.
Are the Linear slides/rack and pinions going to be leased in November as well? They aren't currently listed on the website.
Thanks!
-Lancer 3415

[Andrew Remmers]

Seems like the page I am going to is failing. No new parts for me

I am sad.

- Andrew

[Scott_4140]

Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902

Seems like the page I am going to is failing. No new parts for me

I had to use the search function to find them.

[#3746 mentor]

Originally Posted by Tony_Allen

As teams start to design their new builds for the upcoming FTC season, I wanted to inform everybody of some brand new elements for TETRIX that will be made available for this season. All parts are currently in production and should be available by November 1 pending any production delays.

-TETRIX Linear Slide Motion Pack (Rack and Pinion gear sets included)
-TETRIX Inside C Connector
-TETRIX Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Motor/Axle Shaft Coupler
-TETRIX Inside Corner Bracket
-TETRIX Adjustable Servo Bracket
-TETRIX Plastic Quick Rivets
-TETRIX Flats
-288mm
-160mm
-96mm
-64mm

With the announcment of "Ring it Up" we are very excited to be able to bring these elements to FIRST to help teams engineer exciting solutions for this years game challenge.

Tony Allen

I can't seem to find the Linear slide you speak of Tony.. I have seen the rest but the slide isnt there!

[Tony_Allen]

You are correct that the Linear pack is not listed. This is due to the production samples not meeting our quality of expectation. Unfortunantly this has put a little more delay on this pack, but this change was a necessity. Our objective is to make sure that we release the best quality product so that TETRIX users are satisfied with the hardware. We WILL NOT release a product that does not meet our standards so that students to not have a negative experience.

Thanks
Tony Allen