16-06-2010, 12:24
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Steel is love. Steel is life.
AKA: Kara Bakowski
 FRC #0341 (Miss Daisy) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Conshohocken, PA
Posts: 1,852
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Re: Robot Rule R08 - what does it mean, and what should it mean?
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Thanks, Mark. Teams that use rivets to attach tread to wheels get extra scrutiny from inspectors. If the rivets are small, buried in the tread material and between tread extrusions, they are usually allowed. Haphazard installation of rivets get suggestions on how to replace/repair in order to pass inspection. At least that is the theory.
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Really? We used rivets in 2008 and 2010 (and 07, but I wasn't on the team then), and I don't remember the inspectors looking incredibly closely at them, if at all.
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