[FTC]: Robot Designs

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

FTC 369(FRC 623) has created the king of all zip tie trees. There is no comparison to our 700+ zip tie coated piece of pvc pipe. pictures will be up soon.only downside is color(plain white).

Ours looks haharious though we used every size ziptie allowed. fom the micro, to the 2 foot ones.

[qwertyuiop[]\]

you cant use two foot zipties. only 11 inchers. my interpretation of the rule is that the initial size of the ziptie is what governs if it is legal or not

[kevincrispie]

Swerve drive would be awesome to do, but it is hard.
In the 2009 game, it was important to have a fast robot so it wouldn't get pinned. Slow Robots in Lunacy were bad.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by KevinC

Swerve drive would be awesome to do, but it is hard.
In the 2009 game, it was important to have a fast robot so it wouldn't get pinned. Slow Robots in Lunacy were bad.

This is the FTC thread...

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

you cant use two foot zipties. only 11 inchers. my interpretation of the rule is that the initial size of the ziptie is what governs if it is legal or not

We took the 2 footers and trimmed em to fit in the 18x18 limit

[qwertyuiop[]\]

Section 4.2<R5>c.22 :
"Non-Metallic Cable ties (also known as Zip Ties) up to 11” in length may be used."

im not sure if your aware of this rule. you seem to not understand that a 2 foot ziptie is illegal. If you cut the ziptie down to 11 inches long it might be legal but i would ask the official rules forum.

[aklego]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

Section 4.2<R5>c.22 :
"Non-Metallic Cable ties (also known as Zip Ties) up to 11” in length may be used."

im not sure if your aware of this rule. you seem to not understand that a 2 foot ziptie is illegal. If you cut the ziptie down to 11 inches long it might be legal but i would ask the official rules forum.

It has been asked and answered--shortened 2 footers are not legal. From the official Q&A fourm:

Originally Posted by 2009FTC0005
Q: Any non-metallic zip ties may be used up to 11" long as stated by <R5>c22. The question is: Is the length before or after the zip tie is put on the robot? Can an 18" zip tie be cut down to 11"?
A: Zip ties longer than 11” may not be shortened and used for Robot construction.

[JohnFogarty]

We know that basically it was all we had when we were prototyping