01-03-2011, 19:11
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Registered User
 FRC #0330 (Beachbots) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 1997
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 8,565
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Ode to a Crate
Prior to the 2001 season, after using 2 different crates in previous 4 years, 330 decided it was time to make a crate that could be used for many years. We just started the 11th year with that crate. During that time, it’s traveled to events in 7 states and 2 countries. It’s been dropped, banged, stabbed by a forklift, and tagged by many teams (especially 254 and 980).
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Event Years Miles (one-way)
Southern California Regional 2001-2010 20
Silicon Valley Regional 2001, 2002 350
Championship (Orlando) 2001, 2002 2500
IRI 2002, 2005, 2007-2010 2000
Paris Air Show 2002 5600
Arizona Regional 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 400
Championship (Houston) 2003 1500
Championship (Atlanta) 2004-2008, 2010 2200
Sacramento Regional 2005 400
San Diego Regional 2007, 2008 100
Las Vegas Regional 2009 300
That totals over 80,000 miles round trip. How many miles does your crate have?
With bag and tag becoming more prevalent, our crate may never make 100,000 miles.
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