I'm back with some advice

[Akash Rastogi]

I hope there's no big motor changes in the KOP...

[Libby K]

I don't think we should read too much into this. It's always brought up around this time of year that teams who want an early start shouldn't do anything expensive or definite. You never know what we'll get come January.

I'm sure it'll be unforgettable.

[wilsonmw04]

They change anything they want as long as we can still use four cims.

[AndyB]

Originally Posted by lilstogi11

I hope there's no big motor changes in the KOP...

Why not? I doubt they would switch away from CIM's at this point. Especially with companies like Andymark and Banebots already committing to the CIM for their gearboxes-- but after that, I'm pretty much open to anything.

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

I would love to see them bring in 30 tons of bolders, road balast and sand for the playing surface.

As one of the guys who would be responsible for moving that stuff in and out of the venue, you're right it will never happen. Even if they put it in the game it will never happen. Because it would take a week just to get the stuff in and we don't have the venue for that long.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

They change anything they want as long as we can still use four cims.

We got along just fine with only 2 CIMs and 2 drills before 2005... Hey, you got a 2-speed tranny in the KOP! (OK, so it was a planetary... and a pain to mount... but still!)

[=Martin=Taylor=]

Originally Posted by EricVanWyk

http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2008...me-advice.html

Uh oh...

Any thoughts?

-Battlebots is hosting its first event in 5 years 1 week after the FIRST Championship....
-There will be a 120 lb. High School Class...
-Some of the people involved in designing the new Jaguars are battlebots builders.

-?????



LOL water game!? HAHAHA! thats rich, I've never heard that one before

[Duncan Macdonald]

Originally Posted by dlavery

As Grandma Lavery used to say... "be careful what you wish for."



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Who can imagine the grin on Dave's face when he wrote this.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

For the most part we have been flat landers the past few years.

I doubt sand and boulders would be used - far too messy. But what if the playing field was somewhat hilly or bumpy or otherwise significantly non-flat, perhaps requiring an actual (gasp!) suspension for the wheels? That would shake things up, and good.

So many teams have a standard drivetrain that they buy the materials for and, 3 days after kickoff, have built already, since it's the umpteenth time they've made one like that.

In the words of Inspector Clouseau "not any more". or?

Originally Posted by dlavery

As Grandma Lavery used to say... "be careful what you wish for."

Point of order: I did not wish for anything, thank you very much.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

Point of order: I did not wish for anything, thank you very much.

Empty field, coming right up! Or was that, no FRC competition?

(Favorite corruption in the "Make a wish...and have it horribly corrupted!" thread if someone forgets: Granted, you get nothing!)

[lasereyes]

I hope this doesn't mean we shouldn't stock up on zip ties....

[comphappy]

Corn.... hmm that reminds me there a bunch of that all over the floor in the loft above our shop and I have no idea why.

As for the zip ties they were not so nice about them at the Seattle Regional (had to take them all off except for wires and replace them with bolts) while at the Portland one they loved them and never broke.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by comphappy

As for the zip ties they were not so nice about them at the Seattle Regional (had to take them all off except for wires and replace them with bolts) while at the Portland one they loved them and never broke.

What were these zip ties used for? I can see if they were being used to hold the robot together, but it it's simply mounting the electronics and stuff like that, I don't remember any rule against it. (Not saying there couldn't be one in 2009, of course.)

[Not2B]

So wait...

Why does the robot base have to move?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Not2B

So wait...

Why does the robot base have to move?

Extension rules, the last couple of years. Dunno if those'll be back again. (They weren't exactly the most popular ones...)