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Re: Buying Regolith

Menards has it on sale I'm told. $24 before tax for a 4'x8'
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34 with tax in hawaii.
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Re: The Game Floor

we found this material at lowes. has anyone else seen or look at this?

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=71238

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Re: Buying Regolith

Bah, you guys are lucky. Home Depot has FRP panel here in Canada, and while it's not the Glasteel Glasliner stuff, I imagine its very similar, but a 4x8 is $46.57.
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Re: Buying Regolith

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Bah, you guys are lucky. Home Depot has FRP panel here in Canada, and while it's not the Glasteel Glasliner stuff, I imagine its very similar, but a 4x8 is $46.57.
i'm checking with my local supplier to see if they carry Regolith, to see what they can do for a bulk order for us Canadian teams
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Re: The Game Floor

Does anyone know how the regolith sheets are attached/assembled to the field?

Wondering how floppy it might be, can't seem to find it in any drawings, and just too impatient to wait for the official ones I guess.
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Re: The Game Floor

Another interesting thought... This stuff appears to be something like 3/32" thick. That could cause interesting drivetrain instability if its just taped to the top of the carpet, instead of making the transition flush. It can (and likely will) result in one or more wheels losing contact with the field, depending of course, on drive configuration.
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You do realize Regolith is not a brand name, right? It's what the surface of the moon is covered in. Look for Glasteel or Glasliner.
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You do realize Regolith is not a brand name, right? It's what the surface of the moon is covered in. Look for Glasteel or Glasliner.
i know my supplier is looking for glasliner FRP
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Re: The Game Floor

So, does anibody know finally whether is ''pebble'' or "gel-coated" finish?
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The attached photo was posted by our friends at The Blue Alliance Kickoff 2009 on Flickr.

The picture leaves no doubt that the pebbled-surface Glasliner is the "right stuff"...

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...9&d=1231097089
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What I'm asking is (to someone who knows more physics) will more wheels (more surface area) give any real increase in traction? If so (or not) how is this calculated?

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The way the wheels are arranged and the way the robot weight is distributed on the wheels will have a major effect on how the robot handles and turns, but will not affect the available traction.
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Re: The Game Floor

The manual states:

6.2.1 The CRATER
The playing field for Lunacy is a 27-foot by 54-foot carpeted area, bounded by two Alliance Station Walls and a Guardrail System. This field is known as the "CRATER." The majority of the CRATER is covered by a 24-foot by 50-foot surface known as the "REGOLITH." The REGOLITH is made of "Glasliner FRPtm" gel-coated, fiberglass-reinforced, polymer material. This forms a tough, rigid surface that has been specifically selected to have a low coefficient of friction with the acetal-treaded ROVER WHEELS used by the ROBOTS.
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Below is a reply I received from the Glasliner FRP company as to availability in Canada. Not the Canadian stuff is close...I have not attached the tech sheet as it is available on the Glasliner website. Hoipe this helps.

Dear Sirs,

Thank you for your interest in our products. Attached please find our
Glasliner FRP tech sheet for your review.
Glasliner FRP is primarily used as a sanitary wall covering for
commercial kitchen and restrooms, so because this is a non-traditional
use of FRP there is no information regarding a coefficient of friction
for the .090" Textured One Side product.
The local Home Depot carries 4'x8' panels (SKU 121586) of the product.
It is not identical, but it is as close as it will come. Again, because
this is a non-traditional and non-standard size of FRP, there are no
8'x50' coils available.
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Re: The Game Floor

Does anyone know how to put the floor together?

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