<R38> and adhesive backed tape in 2008

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by ebarker

I'm happy to see the rule changed this year but it would be nice to see a prohibition for duck tape.

Bold Emphasis is mine...

It is so rare that I get to pick on an engineer for this, so I can't help myself!

No ducks were harmed in the manufacture or use of this product!!

Something for you all to remember if you pursue a technical career, while there is "Duck" brand duct tape, it is very important to know when a duck is a duck and a duct is a duct. Several years ago we fired an engineer for incompetence. One of the signs of his ineptitude was that all of his ventilation drawings labeled the ducts as ducks.

[Jon Stratis]

One thing to keep in mind that our team learned the hard way last year - anything that's not bolted on with lock-tite (or equivalent), welded, or otherwise attacked to take a beating can hurt you! We lost the semifinals last year because an alliance robot had some "decorative fabric" hanging off their robot all the way to the ground - thus no bonus points for having them on top of us. Some member of the team attached the fabric strip using (or so rumor has it) nail polish...

Tape can lose it's cohesiveness and drop off the robot, get pulled into your drive train, and cause some major problems!

[Vikesrock]

I agree that this is a great modification to the old rule. Last year we ran into an issue with metal contacting carpet on our lifting mechanism, it was not legal to cover it with tape, but it was legal to cover it with the KOP Microchip stickers; That's a bit absurd if you ask me.

This rule should allow teams to use any adhesive backed material to change surfaces instead of just finding those that aren't labeled "tape"

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Cynette

Bold Emphasis is mine...

It is so rare that I get to pick on an engineer for this, so I can't help myself!

No ducks were harmed in the manufacture or use of this product!!

Something for you all to remember if you pursue a technical career, while there is "Duck" brand duct tape, it is very important to know when a duck is a duck and a duct is a duct. Several years ago we fired an engineer for incompetence. One of the signs of his ineptitude was that all of his ventilation drawings labeled the ducts as ducks.

Yeah, I was debating whether I wanted to spell it duct, duck, duk, duc, etc.

Doesn't really have anything to do with ducts either. The History Channel had a neat program about the history and manufacture of the aforementioned adhesive product.