How many are going to add a scaling mechanism after week 1??

[Boltman]

One of the teams who had a scaling mechanism option never used it (could not do it in practice) in San Diego last week and still won.

Scaling "on the field of play' is much harder than it looks. Our first sub component ever built was our scissor.... every week of build we worked on it and our winch... it took pre-week practice to test it and fail. Finally in San Diego on the practice field success!.... Then in qualifications 4 complete fails 2 hook ran out of time 1 scale but too early by 2 seconds (very last qual) and 2 other scales in eliminations that were a success and the other one negated (drop down before the 5 seconds were up).... its hard even with it being the very first component designed....almost gave up on it. Almost cancelled our CV trip over it..because of level of competition up there...and expense of another regional.

I am happy as can be it now seems to work on the playing field as a low bot..took a long time to get there. But its ultra cool looking when it works. Crowd pleaser and worth 2 HG. If multiple bots do it wow (4 or 6 HG). Only better single action plays are multiple boulder autos (6 HG+ damage ). Check it out this week CV. Its pretty. I think it will make a difference all regional long...many games are decided by 10 points or less.

What I like about our scaler...its lightweight the scissor is just to hook our winch (from behind the bar we use castle wall sometimes ) and ultra secure during tele-op then the entire top of the scissor pops off as we winch up...takes about 8 seconds if we hit the hook on bar the first time. We bolstered the center of gravity point where the strap comes from so it scales level.