Illegal?

[benhulett]

Originally Posted by Darkforces

we used similar cable sleeving and heat shrink, i dont know about the led and cathodes but they would certainly look cool. After comp we put some in makes the cable sleeving look really cool if u get the uv sensitive kind and put a black light in there.

-Ah cool, we're not the first to try this then! Yeah the look we're going for is hopefully going to look brilliant in the dark.

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Cold cathode ray tubes are legal in FIRST.

For a very good example of how they could be used on a robot, look for info on Checkmate's (FRC 40) 2007 robot. They used a series of white and red cold cathode ray tubes on their arm to aid their drivers when manipulating tubes.

-Thanks! I guess we'll be putting some cathodes on the outside now too