Ground Clearance

[Liz Smith]

Originally Posted by EricH

Are gaffers tape and fiberglass tape the same? Because in Q&A, they spec'd fiberglass tape.

"Edges of the FRP surface material will be taped down and the seams between the three pieces will be taped together with fiberglass tape with a friction characteristic similar to the FRP material."

Hmm... a little hard to get out of that wording, but the edges will be taped down with gaffers tape (The same kind of tape used on the carpet seams for the previous years) and the seams between the three pieces will use the fiberglass tape.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Liz Smith

"Edges of the FRP surface material will be taped down and the seams between the three pieces will be taped together with fiberglass tape with a friction characteristic similar to the FRP material."

Hmm... a little hard to get out of that wording, but the edges will be taped down with gaffers tape (The same kind of tape used on the carpet seams for the previous years) and the seams between the three pieces will use the fiberglass tape.

Yeah, it is a little hard to get out of that... By the grammar, it sounds like both types of join will be the fiberglass tape. But if you have other info, say from an official position, then that's what we need to go by.

The GDC needs a grammarian to check their work...

[Liz Smith]

Originally Posted by EricH

Yeah, it is a little hard to get out of that... By the grammar, it sounds like both types of join will be the fiberglass tape. But if you have other info, say from an official position, then that's what we need to go by.

The GDC needs a grammarian to check their work...

Agreed, could go both ways from the Q&A answer. Of course, I'm not an "official" source so anyone who's really concerned may want to post an Q&A to clarify exactly what they mean or just check it out on the competition field.

[JesseK]

We have about 1/4" clearance, and regularly wander off our little patch of regolith. We get back on without problems. We haven't experienced the curling on the edge of the glassliner material though, so hopefully that's not an issue at the competition.