pic: Flux Capacitor

[cooker52]

if you run a cable from the plutonium in the truck to your pit, it might work

they would never know the difference

[Lions for First]

Except that Geiger counters would be going crazy thats a bit of a give away

[cooker52]

isn't that what the three foot thick wall of lead is for?

[R.C.]

or titanium???

[tseres]

now i can go forward in time, see who wins the match and how, and re-play the match accordingly

[JudyVandy]

Duckie was supposed to get me a couple of those!!! Jersey keeps asking for them, right Mike?

[tennispro9911]

I don't think plutonium is explicitly made illegal in the rules ... Of course there is some general rule that goes, don't use things that can kill everyone at the competition.

[Doctorwho]

Wouldn't the refs get mad at you for leaving flames behind your robot when it hits 88 feet per second?

[Roger]

According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart, it probably can't be used.

Is the part a safety hazard, or likely to damage robots, the field, game pieces, or interfere with the humans or the controls?

And...

Energy Sources? Is the part an energy source...?

Both of those YES answers end up being not allowed. (Did you notice all the YES answers in the flowchart end up being NO conclusions? Sounds like life, doesn't it?) The rules also mention not allowing gerbils, but nothing about hampsters. There might be some wiggle room going down the "Electronics" branch, if you can get by the "safety hazard" above it. By the way, usfirst.org is already set up for the 2009 FRC Competition Manual!

Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor ), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?

Think Geek has a replica available, and the obligatory sign.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I like Roger's analysis above but we should also consider that GP pushes us away from items that are not available to all teams. That is unless the provider is willing to deal with all teams.

[Michael Hill]

Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.

I remember you guys doing this, but I thought it was at the 2004 Midwest Regional. Are you sure it was at Boilermaker?

... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.

AB

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by Roger

According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart, it probably can't be used.

And...

Both of those YES answers end up being not allowed. (Did you notice all the YES answers in the flowchart end up being NO conclusions? Sounds like life, doesn't it?) The rules also mention not allowing gerbils, but nothing about hampsters. There might be some wiggle room going down the "Electronics" branch, if you can get by the "safety hazard" above it. By the way, usfirst.org is already set up for the 2009 FRC Competition Manual!

Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor ), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?

Think Geek has a replica available, and the obligatory sign.

hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost

[ComradeNikolai]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost

I'm not sure that'll be legal this year.

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by ComradeNikolai

I'm not sure that'll be legal this year.

i hope so, that way i wont have to change batteries