[FTC]: FTC Field Lighting

[wilsonmw04]

Greetings Scott,

VAFIRST use have our FTC regional in a large test in the science museum. It was not heated and poorly lit. They placed a small bank of lights (fluorescent) over the fields to improve the lighting in that area.

[Scott_4140]

What was your assessment of the lighting? Did it in any way affect game play?

Just to clarify what we're considering. Our lighting would be very limited in the area illuminated. Something on the order of stage lighting that would provide lighting to the field and the participants, suspended about 10 feet overhead.

--Scott

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Scott_4140

What was your assessment of the lighting? Did it in any way affect game play?

Just to clarify what we're considering. Our lighting would be very limited in the area illuminated. Something on the order of stage lighting that would provide lighting to the field and the participants, suspended about 10 feet overhead.

--Scott

That's about what they did as well with the 10 ft overhead. The lighting on the field was serviceable. The real problem I had was the low level of lighting in the pits and the snow that kept falling in us one year.

[ehochstein]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

That's about what they did as well with the 10 ft overhead. The lighting on the field was serviceable. The real problem I had was the low level of lighting in the pits and the snow that kept falling in us one year.

Can you provide any pictures so we can get a better idea of what you had?

[Andrew Rudolph]

At the inaugural Florida FTC championship (FVC back then) I set up 2, 15' tall light trees on either side of the field with some Source 4 Pars, some had red and blue gels for lighting alliance sides. It really looked awesome. We did a VEX event 2 years ago with some LED fixtures in a similar configuration that worked very well. All of the equipment was donated from my work, a stage lighting rental company.








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