Antenna design

[DRH2o]

We used Orange Fiberglas arrows ($3.00 each at Dick's Sporting Goods) with two different color fletchings. We cut the points off and epoxied to door stop springs ($1.50 for two at Lowe's). They work great!!

[Steven Smith]

I think it's important to go with something pivoted front/back or that can't bend sideways like those lexan strips, other wise you risk them bending sideways out of the 15". Also having 2 colors front/back or side to side so the driver will know the orientation of the robot.

Because the Lexan strips we (3005) use have 0.125" thickness in the front/back orientation and ~2" in the side to side, they have a fairly large resistance to bending in the side-to-side direction, while folding over easily in the forward/back.

If you were to grab one and forcibly twist it while pulling sideways, you might be able to get it outside of 15", but they don't interact with the defenses that way, nor do they have enough weight to do so on their own.

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by DRH2o

We used Orange Fiberglas arrows ($3.00 each at Dick's Sporting Goods) with two different color fletchings. We cut the points off and epoxied to door stop springs ($1.50 for two at Lowe's). They work great!!

Here's some photos we snapped of 1598's flag implementation at VADOS. Looks great to us!

2363's flag solution really suffered when it got battered by the low bar. At our most recent event (VAPOR), about 14% of all our recorded pit activity went towards flag maintenance/repair, mostly in <5 person*minute chunks. Our drivers really liked having them though.