Most creative use of a part or material in 2008

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Originally Posted by octothorpe

Unfortunately I never got a chance to see their robot up close, but I heard that Team 100 (WildHats) used magnetic reed switches from a window alarm system to monitor the position of their elevator, and a bike disc brake to anchor the elevator drum in place when extended. At any rate, it worked very well for them at SVR!

Surprisingly, we weren't the only team to use a disk brake. There were at least five others at the Oregon Regional I was quite surprised.

I know for a fact that 1540 and 1280 were using them.

We used this one; it was really easy to implement. If you ever have need for a braking system check these things out. They're easy to rig up to a piston.