Enevitable- Trackball popped

[Clinton Bolinger]

It took our team about 15-30 seconds to pop the trackball. In an attempt to fix the trackball we used our sticky name tags as patches... now thats what I call team work.

-Oris-

[Hito Seika]

win in dout "duck" it

[Hito Seika]

I just hope the ones at comp. are tufer

[Blue_Mist]

Yes, duct tape is good. At the end of the six weeks, measure how many feet of duct tape you used, and the new weight... You guys are fast. We haven't even finished blowing ours up yet as apparently our shop has no hot glue guns or glue sticks.

[basicxman]

lol in FTC wasnt their a rule not to pop the atlas ball? do they have that this year, im not on a team so im not going to read all the rules for nothing

[BurnFischer]

Our trackball popped as well, we tried to deflate it AFTER realizing that the hole we already patched was getting bigger.

[daftpunk79]

i heard someone say to use a tire patch...try it...im warning my mentors not to let us mess with the trackballs now...too many have been popped already

[dtengineering]

Question to teams who have popped their balls:

Did you have the fabric cover on when it popped?

Just curious as it strikes me that it should offer some protection.

Jason

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

Question to teams who have popped their balls:

Did you have the fabric cover on when it popped?

Just curious as it strikes me that it should offer some protection.

Jason

Yes the fabric cover was over the bladder.

Ours came with a leak that quickly got bigger

[dani190]

thats not good popping them already. Tell us if anyone else does it i think we all need to know if they are easy to pop.

[gerv 15]

these track balls look alot like the giant sports balls found at some camps.
i think you should look for balls of that size at your local sporting goods store

[dani190]

Originally Posted by gerv 15

these track balls look alot like the giant sports balls found at some camps.
i think you should look for balls of that size at your local sporting goods store

But will they be the same fabric?

[JamesBrown]

I didn't play with the ball much but the look identical to the exercise balls we have for rugby. I would'nt try to buy a replacment with out going through a FIRST Supplier but you might be able to use the same patch kits. Try Dick's Sporting Goods, Modells or Sporta Authority.

[waialua359]

these things will have the same problems as ringers last year in how they are packed when we receive them. the creases in the folds causes weak points that may eventually cause leaks!
We have so many new ringers from last year, still packed in square shapes in how we received them. As we grab some here and there for events, they already have holes caused by it prior to inflation.

[tsbloom]

Has anyone actually had this issue and solved the problem and had the air hold in the ball?