pit design

[Natron]

no offense, cyberphil, but you cant see much of the pit in those pictures

[Natron]

from EricH: Oh, and one thing you may want to bring is a collapsible chair. The pit crew will thank you.

one of those collapsable stepladders is a good idea as well. u can use it as a chair AND a stepladder!

[Carol]

I did a quick search and in the thousands of pictures we have I really couldn't find many of the pit; that is, a picture in which you could see the actual pit and not just lots of people in it. This one is the best. The main part of the pit, which was the subject of the earlier post I made with the CD drawings, is in the back. A smaller workbench is on the right that has just sliding bins on the bottom and some wire shelf on top. The robot is kept on the cart for repairs. There is a small wire shelf unit on the far right that is used to hold our yearbook and giveaways. The famous (now scaled down per FIRST rules) tower with the flashing light is obscured by the trackball, which is on a specially made PVC pipe holder made just for that game. There is also a small step stool and some bins (from the 2003 game) of parts, but that's about it. Perhaps someone from MOE who actually works in the pit (unlike me) can explain better.

Green bow-tie is optional for pit repairs.

We transport the pit in a parent's pickup truck; see the second picture.

If this looks complicated, realize that these weren't all designed and built at once. We've had ten years to build and modify these.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by Natron

no offense, cyberphil, but you cant see much of the pit in those pictures

Well i said in a different post, these were the best I could find. And I promised that I would put them in here.

[Natron]

Oh...sorry

[Jeffy]

I have too questions on this topic, and being a fellow metal mustang, I figured you wouldn't mind the thread hijack.

So, Anyone have an idea on what size the tables provided are?

Also, What size diameter and wall size of PVC pipes do most people use for their pits?


Thanks in advance.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Jeffy

I have too questions on this topic, and being a fellow metal mustang, I figured you wouldn't mind the thread hijack.

So, Anyone have an idea on what size the tables provided are?

Also, What size diameter and wall size of PVC pipes do most people use for their pits?


Thanks in advance.

I've never seen any that were not 6' long. I think they've had both 36" and 30" wide tables though.

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by Natron

Oh...sorry

No hard feelings.

[Natron]

Can u get me any more pics?

PS what does the "PVC" in PVC pipes stand for?

[Cyberphil]

Polyvinyl chloride

[Natron]

1 other thing: does anyone know any good ways to make a pit collapsible or at least easy to transport?

[Jeffy]

pssst nathan, drop me an email or talk to me at meetings, I'm happy to help . But to answer your question, if you remember, today we decided on making it out of PVC pipe, so it will all come apart into smaller pieces and fit into our crate.