Tetra connectors metal or plastic?

[dez250]

Gary as from the link you presented, i will try to explain my previous post.

Originally Posted by http://www2.usfirst.org/2005comp/2005_Team_Elements_Overview.pdf

"Materials- The materials required to build each element are listed in the link titled “2005 FIRST Robotics Competition Game Team Elements Materials List”. The methods to build team practice versions are described below:"

Gary as that paper say, the materials that are used to build the objects there are for practice, thus economical items to save costs.

My sources from my previous post is the field that i packed with FIRST from the kickoff for the BAE Regional.

[Swampdude]

Just in case anyone is interested in a cheap easy tetra, just take some PVC pipe cut to 3' lengths, then drill a hole in the ends and use some 12-18 gage stranded wire and tie the ends together. I just built 2 like that tonight and beat em up pretty good. They react pretty much the same as the spec ones.

[Tinsky]

I was on the Innovation FIRST site and they now have the parts available for ordering (and they don't mind charging you for them). According to IFI:

Quote from IFI: Field Parts: These are the exact parts you will compete with at the FIRST competitions.

Maybe this is the answer?

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by dez250

My sources from my previous post is the field that i packed with FIRST from the kickoff for the BAE Regional.

That sounds pretty credible to me; Thanks Dez. I guess after last year I'm still gun shy, and it sounds like once again FIRST is putting lots of time and effort into telling us how to build cheap fields and forgetting to tell us what the actual field is.

<insert links here to the dozens of posts where I complain about the lack of accurate field drawings last year. Or maybe not>