Aerial Assist Discussion Thread

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by UnTrustedTruss

Think it is worth making a speculation topic for? All the teams I have talked to are suspecting similar, that truss is just too beefy to be simply a rope. The video itself even shows people climbing it, along with the fact that the interior struts (the angler things) are separated much more wide then in a normal truss.

The truss is quite likely a COTs of its own in the entertainment industry. I'm not a roadie and I only play one on tournament days. These truss items are used to carry the lighting for a show up near the rafters and lower them to stage level so that things can be adjusted or fixed without extreme alpine skills involved.

Speculation about how sturdy they are for the job they're doing should die out once you realize that anything placed on the field is subject to climbing. I think the GDC and FIRST got a certifiable scare last year due to all that protoplasm crawling all over those skeletal pyramids. A rope? No way GDC wanted to see an FRC version of the Wallendas' act.