[FTC]: Email Blast: FIELD MANAGEMENT FORMAT FOR FTC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

[gdo]

As emmell said, those rolling carts are very useful at the internationals. With the long walk from the pit area to the field, you will grow tired of carrying the robot (and now laptop) and whatever spares you might need at the field. We got one for last years internationals and just made everything move much easier for our team, especially during the eliminations when we couldn't get back and forth between the field and the pits for extra parts.

The test case of Florida certainly makes the concept look like it will work very well. I didn't hear of many problems at all from Florida, so I am optimistic about the FMS format for Atlanta. I am just worried about having so many robots running at once, we will see how the bluetooth will run with so many active connections. Hopefully everything will run as smoothly as it did in Florida .

[ttldomination]

i got tired of carrying the robot 20 feet from the pits to the field at the GA tournament, so I'm sure world will definitely be a pain without a cart.

[gdo]

The walk from the pits last year to the field was a good 5-10 minutes depending on which route you took. Doing that several times a day will get a little long and you will love the cart by the end of the tournament. I know we really loved having the cart. Now with the robot, laptop, parts.... its all going to add up