Bag & Tag at Championships

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by ollien

We loaded in on Thursday night (Friday-Sunday event) I had no clue you were supposed to leave the bag/tag form visible to inspectors! Well, that's a note to make for next year.

A good idea is to attach your form to the bag. You cannot lose the form without losing the robot!

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by orangemoore

A good idea is to attach your form to the bag. You cannot lose the form without losing the robot!

I am pretty sure it is explicitly recommended that you do not do this.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

I am pretty sure it is explicitly recommended that you do not do this.

Actually, it's putting the form INSIDE the bag that you don't want to do. Because if you do that, you'll be digging that form out under the watchful eyes of the inspectors...


If it's taped to the bag, in a page protector, chances are that you'll be OK.

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by EricH

If it's taped to the bag, in a page protector, chances are that you'll be OK.

That is how we have always done it. In addition to that we have made copies or taken photos in the unlikely event we do lose it.(I'm not entirely sure how that would work out because we have never had it happen to us yet)

Like I said, it is hard to lose the sheet and the robot especially if they are together.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

I am pretty sure it is explicitly recommended that you do not do this.

On the contrary, I explicitly recommend that every team does it as part of my presentation at the annual training seminars put on here in MN. Don't duct tape the form to the bag - then it's impossible to get off. But rather tape a clear page protector to the bag (even using duct tape if you want to), then fill out the sheet and slide it in the page protector.

It's also a great place to put your BOM and any other paperwork you want to make sure you don't forget between bag day and competition!

[IndySam]

From today's blog.

Bag and Tag Inspection at Championship Good news!

In an effort to save time through the Inspection Process, we will not be checking your Bag & Tag forms! Once you arrive in your pit, feel free to get your robot out of its crate and bag and get into the Inspection Process as soon as possible!