26-03-2013, 07:41
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 863
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Re: Are two sets of bumpers necessary?
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Ethan,
The rotating lights were abandoned because they weighed 2 1/2 lbs and reguired about 3-4 amps. One side of the case was also one of the power supply leads. Bumpers are so obvious that even rookie drivers can tell who is on their alliance.
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Not to mention the absurd size - it was pretty tough to find a place for it on the bot if you hadn't planned ahead.
In between those years, there have been a number of identifiers.
2008 had a flag you needed to place on your robot. The flag holder was annoying for short robots.
2009 used the trailer field component to identify alliance affiliation
2010 started the bumper colors per alliance.
Bumper colors are fairly superior.
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