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Re: [FRC Blog] Questions That Need Answering
Before sewing Velcro onto your ropes, double-check Q6's answer. Emphasis mine:
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Drat. If you can't wrap velcro around a rope, why would sewing it be any more legal?
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The question is, are sewing and weaving the same thing?
Ask any craftsperson, and likely the answer will be No. You sew woven things together. From Dictionary.com Sew: Quote:
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The OP stated this
Answer: Please see Team Update 02. Non-adhesive-backed hook and loop fastener may be part of, or the entirety of, a legal ROPE, provided that the ROPE is entirely made of "flexible, non-metallic fibers twisted, tied, woven, or braided together" per I04 (e.g. something stuck to or wrapped around the outside of the ROPE does not satisfy this requirement unless it's whipping as permitted per I04 part I would argue that sewing is just a former of tieing Last edited by Bruceb : 15-01-2017 at 12:56. |
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People. Do we really want to put together a plan in which one of the major objectives of the game will rely on our ability to debate the meaning of words with an inspector? When we still have five weeks to design, prototype, and test? When there are dozens of viable alternatives? For instance, have we tried combing fibers out of something else that is, inarguably, rope, and tested them against the hook side of Velcro for adhesion? Just one of many options.
I implore you to not spend your mental energy on preparing your argument for the inspectors. We all have better things to be thinking about and working on. |
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Oh god. This is a tricky one.
Non-metallic is easy. The loop side has fibers twisted an/or woven in, just loosely. So I guess that counts. The hook side, well, if the hooks are made of heavy fibers, it depends all on how they are attached to the backing. If they are woven in, then it's all good. Either, way, you'll need to find double-sided Velcro or sew two strips back-to-back. |
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I bought 10 meters of loop velcro this morning (the cashier didn't understand why I only wanted both hook AND loop) and, this afternoon, I managed to make a robot climb 6' high on that strip and to add about 150 pounds on it without ripping it.
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Surely if fuzzy polyethylene rope snags on my calluses, Velcro is completely unnecessary.
See GeeTwo's post, and the one he quoted. Time management is more important than Velcro management. Whose team's project plan has a box labeled lawyer-the-rules, or one called hope-to-win-a-debate-with-an-inspector? Know what I mean? Last edited by gblake : 16-01-2017 at 23:41. |
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Absolutely! Solid braid nylon and polyester rope found at Home Depot works extremely well. I would say as good or better than Velcro strap from our testing.
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