Driver's Stations

[BJC]

Originally Posted by AlecMataloni

2009 was our first year with the briefcase as well, IIRC.

BTW, Seeing our briefcase OIs side by side this year during our awesome qualification match at IRI was pretty awesome.

It was pretty sweet. That was my favorite match of the entire year. We need to work togeather more often.

Originally Posted by sithmonkey13

My team is thinking about switching over to the briefcase style DS. For the teams that use them, do you do anything special to keep the Classmate from moving around, or do you just let it slide? Also, are there any specific cases anyone can recommend?

I believe that we use velcro to keep the classmate from moving all around inside the briefcase. The controllers just sit in there on either side. I would suggest an aluminum one because they look classy. When you buy it just make sure that it is deep enough for everything you want to fit. Our's also has some pockets on the flip up portion which we use to hold other stuff like a match list, a couple small commonly used tools, etc. Another consideration.. because minibots are highly likely to come back this year. Last year we had a foam padded manibot case also. It protected the minibot very well and looked quite stylish, we threw some LED's in there to it would light up when opened. Eh, we thought it was pretty cool.