Trackballs

[chaineezee]

What types and what retailers carry the balls required for this year's game?

[Andrew Bates]

Are they like the yellow exercise balls that the FVC used last year?

[Otaku]

anybody have the FRC trackball specs? diameter anybody? weight?

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by Otaku

anybody have the FRC trackball specs? diameter anybody? weight?

They said the diameter was 40 inches. Don't know about the weight.

[KingBK]

From the way they looked in the video i don't think they are like the exercise balls. they look like a bladder covered in some sort of cloth. they are also 10 pounds when they're inflated.


Any idea where we can get them?

[dantheflipman]

Originally Posted by JoshD

They said the diameter was 40 inches. Don't know about the weight.

the ball is 40 inches in diameter and weighs in at 10 lbs.

Thats a pretty huge ball...

[Éowyn]

anybody have the FRC trackball specs? diameter anybody? weight?

Out of the manual:

The game pieces, known as “TRACKBALLS,” are large balls made of an inflatable plastic bladder and an outer fabric covering. When inflated, each TRACKBALL is approximately 40 inches in diameter, and weighs approximately 10 pounds. Two TRACKBALLS of each alliance color, red and blue, are in the arena during the MATCH. One TRACKBALL of each color will be marked with a set of six-inch diameter white dots so that it may be uniquely identified for tracking purposes during the match.

[Binome]

One is supposed to be in the KoP, and I bet you can probably order extras at the same place you could order tubes last year.

[Vashts6583]

regarding size and weight, does anyone know if they're similar to the large yellow balls used in either the 2003 or 2004 competition?

[lancerbotics]

Just a heads up. We get a trackball in the KOP. Has any one found where to get more yet?

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by Vashts6583

regarding size and weight, does anyone know if they're similar to the large yellow balls used in either the 2003 or 2004 competition?

they are strikingly similar to the 2004 yellow balls... but i think that those were slightly smaller in diameter, but im not certain

[jasper.s.jacobs]

the ball included in the kit is a 40" excersise/yoga ball with a separate cloth cover.

[cpokwdwh_sam]

what kind of needle is needed to inflate the ball included in the KoP???

[Jon K.]

As of right now Logo Loc the company that had the Rack N Roll tubes last year has nothing on their site about Track Balls but if I remember right they didn't have anything up last year until the work week had started. Check back in the next week or so and they may... Also things have been put out by IFI in the past although they may not be this year.
http://logoloc.com/first/index.html

[TomZ]

If at the beggining of the match during the hybrid period, you knock down a ball of the opposing alliance, who recieves the points?