VEX Tournament at IRI!

[rufu5]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

I'm trying to get a team up and going...kinda sucks when you have to choose...drive FRC bot or drive VEX bot...

If you build it ... they will drive!

remeber, adults, college students, high school students, ANYONE can drive (its going to be awsome!)

[Kyle Love]

45 is now in, who else is in on it? Is there a registered team list like there is for IRI ?

[John Wanninger]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

45 is now in, who else is in on it?

FRV-22 is in!

[sanddrag]

I'll give a special something (I'm not sure what yet, maybe rep points) to anyone who makes a shifting two speed (two ratio) drive system on their vex bot for this competition. Raising and lowering or engaging and disngaging different wheel sets may be used as an alternative to actually switching gears.

I want to see it done, so I'll offer a little incentive for it.

[Kyle Love]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I'll give a special something (I'm not sure what yet, maybe rep points) to anyone who makes a shifting two speed (two ratio) drive system on their vex bot for this competition. Raising and lowering or engaging and disngaging different wheel sets may be used as an alternative to actually switching gears.

I want to see it done, so I'll offer a little incentive for it.

I want to try to.

[rufu5]

THIS JUST IN!

The registration deadline for the Vex tournament has been extended ONE WEEK to July 15th!

HURRY AND GET REGISTERED! THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS FIRST EVER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC VEX TOURNAMENT!

http://indianafirst.org/events/iri/2005vexreg/

The game has now been unveiled! If you would like to download a copy of the rules feel free to follow this un-official link (lol, its my personal website): 2005 IRI VEX Enter-Action Challenge! and for some reason the PDF killed the picture of the Dividing Wall so here is a jpeg of that: VEX Dividing Wall

[Kyle Love]

AWESOME game...I love it...for now lol

[scott]

Thanks Kyle,


Anyone that has any question email Rufus or Myself at:
SMRay06@gmail.com
OR
Rufus.Cochran@gmail.com

[Greg Needel]

any chance you could show a picture of the feild? this sounds really interesting but i can't picture it in my head.

[rufu5]

sorry about the jpeg archiving, just wanted to make sure it loaded fast

[sanddrag]

Is there an actual photograph of a real field available?

[rufu5]

No, I don't have a pic of the real field yet, I will get one up soon though.

Also, I have been getting many e-mails about rules and clarifications, so I will use this thread to post the Q&A:

vex q&a

What is the playing field surface? : carpet

Is loctite allowed? : yes, this will be the ONLY out of kit part allowed (this means no lubricants or ANY other fasteners)

Are you allowed to climb/scale/attach to the wall? : the only set of rules on the wall say you cant force the doors open, the rest is up to you

Is the field perimeter grating (like the two divider walls)? : no, it will be a 2 inch high piece of wood

Is intentional tipping or damaging of an opponent's robot disallowed? : yes

Is intentionally or unintentionally removing an opponent's balls from the playing field illegal? : Yes, but removing a ball from a scoring conic is not illegal

Are Ni-cad batteries allowed? : Ni-cad batteries in the vex battery harness or vex batter packs are both allowed

Remember everyone, REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!! get in while you still can!