Designing around the flag.

Won't really be an issue for us. And besides, there's nothing that says the flag has to stay in the whole match...

[MrForbes]

True, although it appears they are putting a cork in there to try to keep it in place.

[TubaMorg]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Won't really be an issue for us. And besides, there's nothing that says the flag has to stay in the whole match...

It would be to your advantage to keep the flag in as the lap counter will also be attached to it via the rubber plug!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

We ran into the flagholder problem this weekend. Let's just say our holder will be interesting.

[AdamHeard]

No problems here; If you've seen the 973 teasers you'd probably know why.

I'd definitely not take this rule lightly; losing your flag removes a scoring ability.

[Steve Kaneb]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

No problems here; If you've seen the 973 teasers you'd probably know why.

I'd definitely not take this rule lightly; losing your flag removes a scoring ability.

I should hope it doesn't. If the flag were the scoring object, it would have been spelled out in the rules that the flag is what counts when the robot goes around.

Judging by the way that scoring has worked in the past (2k6 especially), I wouldn't be surprised to see those poor referees having to count the laps manually.

[reflion]

Whoa, never saw that rule...
but what stops you from just duct-taping it to a yardstick? Will it really cause you guys design problems?

Then again, it's easy for our team because we're a rolling box again, so...

[EricH]

Originally Posted by reflion

Whoa, never saw that rule...
but what stops you from just duct-taping it to a yardstick? Will it really cause you guys design problems?

Then again, it's easy for our team because we're a rolling box again, so...

Duct tape is illegal... Zip ties, on the other hand, are not.

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by EricH

Duct tape is illegal... Zip ties, on the other hand, are not.

That is wrong. Please be careful about making up rules that don't exist.

Duct tape is not illegal. I have read through the rules a few times () and I can't find any rule that prohibits it. Duct tape is treated like any other adhesive-backed tape (see Rule <R38>).

-dave



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[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by EricH

Duct tape is illegal... Zip ties, on the other hand, are not.

Duct tape is illegal as a fastener. That's because it's an adhesive-backed tape, not because it's "duct tape".

[Coach Norm]

The flag holder is a design issue we have been face with since our robot it not tall. It may take on a very functional part of our robot though.

Our team had discussions of a launched ball hitting the flag holder. Concerns were if a launched ball could tip the robot if the flag holder was located in a corner.

[Dr Theta]

How do you think that this will affect the number of teams planning on throwing or catapulting the ball?