Arena Building: Cheap Materials

[Matt Reiland]

It was my understanding at the Nov Kickoff that Woody was showing how the components of the field were in common sizes such as 4x8 for plywood on the ramps, you didn't need to add the polycarb ramp sides (or not use clear plastic maybe cheaper thin plywood) and the top platform could be plywood with a thin Laminate of the white plastic instead of the 1/2" thick piece used in their field.

After talking with the Killer BEEs who bought the field from Novi kickoff the cost of the parts to do it as shown is close to $3500.

I would strongly recommend that each team buy at least one 4x8 sheet of the mesh for a section of ramp to know what traction will be needed to traverse it.