[BB] 2010 Game Hint #1

[the man]

Not a bad thought

[ProgramLuke]

How well would the electrics hold, and would it be largely cost prohibitive to use non-KOP materials?
Also could rusting become a problem?

[Dick Linn]

I have no idea what it is, but I swear there's one in my garage somewhere.

[ProgramLuke]

If your garage is anything like ours I wish you good luck and bid you farewell.

[Dick Linn]

Originally Posted by ProgramLuke

If your garage is anything like ours I wish you good luck and bid you farewell.

The hardest thing to find is a clear path to walk through.

[brunettegmp]

I'm not sure but the only idea that comes to my mind is that its a field piece that is adjustable because when you look at the ends, it kinda looks like pegs (to me) that would fit into the middle part...but i'm unsure

[terryo]

Originally Posted by Dick Linn

The hardest thing to find is a clear path to walk through.

Souds like time for a little 5-S

[skimoose]

Originally Posted by the man

It can not be roller coaster rails, what would the metal studs at the end of each pole be?

Spring loaded pins like on a tent pole for locking sections together. This is the way previous field components have locked together, and is also being used on the new Delta field being developed.

[IndySam]

Been thinking about this for a long time and the only conclusion I can come to is that will form some kind of track or trough that we will be placing scoring objects in.

Keep in mind that if it is a ball it has to be big enough for the audience to keep track of, at least soccer ball size or bigger. The bigger ball would be more of a challenge to place and easier to defend. Imagine the ball running down the sloping track to the scoring area. Or even different tracks at different heights for different scores, including a low scoring area that balls could be herded into.

Or how about 8 or 10 inch diameter schedule 40 or 80 PVC with or without end caps? That stuff can get pretty heavy. We could have different lengths of it worth different amounts of points. Picked up and placed on the rack made by these pieces.

Or we have to retrieve these pieces from the rack and move them into scoring position. Call the game "Pipe Down"

[Cl4p-tp]

what if its a track that u have to assemble. u have to fight the other team for the track pieces , put the pieces together, and release a ball to roll down the track first. the closest one done or first one done is the winner. defense for the newer teams and the track assembly falls oone the vets.

[keehun]

Originally Posted by Cl4p-tp

what if its a track that u have to assemble. u have to fight the other team for the track pieces , put the pieces together, and release a ball to roll down the track first. the closest one done or first one done is the winner. defense for the newer teams and the track assembly falls oone the vets.

Looking at how the pipes would interlock, it seems like it'd be really really difficult to assemble it with the robot's clumsiness (or maybe that's one of the things we have to really work on to be a power-house team). Also it seems linking a lot of these seem hard for 2 min rounds. Maybe we only have to fit in one middle piece? (Idk). Whatever it is, I'm excited to witness in 7 days!

[Trent B]

Originally Posted by Cl4p-tp

what if its a track that u have to assemble. u have to fight the other team for the track pieces , put the pieces together, and release a ball to roll down the track first. the closest one done or first one done is the winner. defense for the newer teams and the track assembly falls oone the vets.

Makes me think of the Show Survivor

Im with keehun in that it would be rather hard to assemble with robot and if that was the job I imagine we would see a lot of crab/swerve drives as well as multi stage planetary gearboxes for the manipulators

Interesting idea... and knowing the gdc for the past few years who knows what they will do...

skimoose made an interesting point too about how they are being used for the Delta field maybe this piece will overlap between the two field types.

[gallo26]

So.... all along... we've been tearing out what hair we have left, biting whatever nails remain, to figure out what the game hint is, just to realize it's a part for the field.

Say it isnt so! Hahaha Well I do agree that the placement of those pipes is almost perfect to that they use on the field. I believe I've said before that it looks like the usual steel tubing that FIRST uses for field elements. It could end up being a junction on the side of the field that supports something. Maybe a more sophisticated lap counter with the sensor mounting to the lexan on the outside pointing in?? I'm not sure, its confusing.

Everyone who has posted on this thread has brought about a lot of different ideas to the plate. Before it was just a simple 1 course meal in my mind. But when you post something on CD with tons of engineers and engineers in the making, your bound to have a feast!!

[RoboRed1]

What about scale? can you really tell if this thing is small or large, for all we know it could be two inches or two feet????

[the man]

Originally Posted by Cl4p-tp

what if its a track that u have to assemble. u have to fight the other team for the track pieces , put the pieces together, and release a ball to roll down the track first. the closest one done or first one done is the winner. defense for the newer teams and the track assembly falls oone the vets.

No thats a very bad idea