ramp tractions

[Donut]

Sorry, I meant to refer to adhesive tapes. Seeing as this is what most teams are talking about using, I was generalizing it.

[David Brinza]

Another alternative is a spray-on rubber coating that's used to coat tool handles:

Plasti Dip

It's available at Home Depot, Target, etc...

It also works great on grippers for the ringers.

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Let me try to make this point again - there are no issues with adhesives. It's adhesive tapes that aren't allowed, not adhesives. Not to say that staples or zip ties might work better, but don't discount adhesives - they ARE allowed by the rules and confirmed by the Q&A.

Let me reinforce what Gary stated above.

Adhesive TAPE is not allowed. Adhesives ARE allowed.

Regards,

Mike

[Vince lau]

thanks for the info

[Phil Ross]

our team used VEX field parts and cut them up.

[BRosser314]

Originally Posted by Team 849

Are we alloud to use electrical tape or foam tape to provide traction on the RAMP?

Thanks

What you might want to try is the adhesive backed sand paper used for traction on Steps and things like that, It may also be called safyety tape, and last year we had it on our roller so pick up the balls and it worked great

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by BRosser314

What you might want to try is the adhesive backed sand paper used for traction on Steps and things like that, It may also be called safyety tape, and last year we had it on our roller so pick up the balls and it worked great

From the Q&A:

If the material is not marketed and/or sold as "tape" then for the purposes of Rule <R35> it will not be considered "tape." If you suspect that questions may arise from inspectors regarding the material, we suggest you take any packaging or descriptions that show the material is not "tape" with you to the competition events.

Several Places in Q&A is says that anything sold as a tape or called tape is not allowable. So if it's called safety tape you can't use it. If it's called something else it may be OK.

[team 1094]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

I don't get that from the Q&A; there is a distinction made between adhesive backed tapes and other materials with adhesive backing. See this response. According to the GDC you can use adhesive backed traction materials as long as they are not tape. Likewise you can use adhesives (Spray 77, glue, contact cement, epoxy) other than tape - you could just take sandpaper and glue it to the surface.

i thout you could not have any two side tape for grips on ramp system.

[dbell]

We used the skateboard stuff and it's great.

[IndySam]

On our ramp we used latex polyurethane with the floor grit that you can buy at any Lowe’s store. We painted it on our ramps Thursday night and we had all the traction you would ever need.

We let the team next to ours in the pits borrow some for their ramps and then they proceeded to use it to beat us in a qualifying match!

[Tottanka]

We just put on our ramps inside tires of a bike =]

[Dave McLaughlin]

You guys could always use skateboard griptape, its a big sheet of sandpaper with adhesive on the reverse side... that would work great

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Dave McLaughlin

You guys could always use skateboard griptape, its a big sheet of sandpaper with adhesive on the reverse side... that would work great

Remember if it's sold as an adhesive tape, it's not legal. If it is sold as a self-adhesive sheet (and not as a tape), the 2007 Q&A has ruled that legal (subject to the rest of the rules).

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by team 1094

i thout you could not have any two side tape for grips on ramp system.

That's correct you cannot use 2-sided tape because it is an adhesive tape.

Brings up an interesting thought - we have often in the past used a product (I'm sure it's sold as a tape) that we call booger tape (for obvious reasons if you have ever used it). You put it on a surface, then peel off the brown paper tape and leave the adhesive behind. Which part is the tape, the paper or the adhesive? I would say the paper, since you call it adhesive tape - that would be redundant if the tape was the adhesive. A tape implies to me a continuous length of something, like a tape measure, cassette tape, etc. not something sticky.

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by GIR

Have you considered friction tape like the kind they use on skateboards and hockey sticks?

Can you use grip tape from skate boards? Is it legal?