pic: 48 lifts 222 and 1038 in Pitt

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

Our Adult Team Leader told us he would like to see us run red and blue bumpers before he left for a field trip to Germany the last week of the biuld season. When he came back we had made them. He was jokingwith us, but we went ahead and made them.

I don't want to go off topic, but does anyone think red and blue bumpers could be a replacement for the useless and hard to see flags/flag holders?

All I know is that it was VERY easy to tell which alliance 1038 was on during the qualifying. Bumpers are ALWAYS going to be visible on the robot.

Instead of requiring teams to have 2 full sets of blue and red bumpers, why not have some kind of red/blue velcro Cordura Plus patch that would be applied to all four sides of the bumper area? If FIRST didn't want to require bumpers for all teams, then they could at least require each team to set aside space in their bumper zones to display the alliance color. All it would require of teams is a little Velcro. These are lighter than the flag holders and wouldn't get in the way.

[Dan 1038]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

All I know is that it was VERY easy to tell which alliance 1038 was on during the qualifying.

You just look for the color of the ringers on the top row to figure out which side we were on???

[Dan 1038]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

I don't want to go off topic, but does anyone think red and blue bumpers could be a replacement for the useless and hard to see flags/flag holders?

On a more serious note, I agree with this idea. Look at the number of 'bots that were eliminated from scoring in the match when a ringer ended up on thier flag stick, we were scared to death of that happening to us! In my opinion, that condition should not count as "has posession of the tube" because you will need to hide the flag somewhere to minimize the chance of being rung, hence making the flag less visible which is contraditory to the intent of the flag... Bumpers makes sense.

My .02

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Dan 1038

On a more serious note, I agree with this idea. Look at the number of 'bots that were eliminated from scoring in the match when a ringer ended up on thier flag stick, we were scared to death of that happening to us! In my opinion, that condition should not count as "has posession of the tube" because you will need to hide the flag somewhere to minimize the chance of being rung, hence making the flag less visible which is contraditory to the intent of the flag... Bumpers makes sense.




My .02

Please continue all bumpers as flag replacements discussions in the following thread:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...430#post597430