Thoughts about the new FTC challenge?

[Andrew Remmers]

I know the FL State Level is broadcasted I think every year, But other than that most if not all competitions besides states are hosted by an FTC team so its up to them to webcast or not if they have the resources.

[the man]

Has any one gotten any rulling on the possetion rule yet?

[Andrew Remmers]

Which possession?

[the man]

Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902

Which possession?

The one dicussed earlyer about possetion being defined as contact with a batton, including ones on the ground.

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by the man

The one dicussed earlyer about possetion being defined as contact with a batton, including ones on the ground.

Just check out the official responses in the official forum here:

http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/

Especially this post in the official forum:

http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/showthre...wfull=1#post88

As it says in the post, the game manual was updated with this new definition.

[the man]

Thanks a million!

[the man]

Hey is there any rule aginst using a 3-D printer to make covers on the ends of our motors to protect them?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by the man

Hey is there any rule aginst using a 3-D printer to make covers on the ends of our motors to protect them?

Typically your question would be answered in an "Allowed Parts" section. Since your covers are not simply non-functional decorations, and are not made from the allowed materials, the covers as you've described are illegal.

If you disagree, then post to the official FTC forum.

To give you an idea about "non-functional decorative materials": Last year teams were not allowed to mount their team numbers to cardboard for purposes of display since cardboard in that context was a "functional" material for displaying numbers (a "function") and cardboard was not an allowed material for building the robot.

[PhilBot]

Hi

Already asked and answered...

Not Permitted. (Unfortunately)

However, if you came up with a cool design, you should post the STL file somewhere so other teams (like me) could use it off-season

[the man]

Dang. Our "design" was just like a cup to protect the terminal.

[the man]

How high is the lowest dispencer off the mat? I cant figure it out from the drawings provided.
And it would be nice to know the other hights as well.

[team F.T.C 4240]

Originally Posted by the man

How high is the lowest dispencer off the mat? I cant figure it out from the drawings provided.
And it would be nice to know the other hights as well.

I would suggest reading the game rules, odds are that its in there.

[dcribbs]

Question #6 of the official Q&A Forum answers your question, I cut and pasted it below, as well as the link.

http://ftcforum.usfirst.org/showthre...-Playing-Field


The heights of the angle brackets supporting the bottom baton in the Dispenser are listed below. See the attached illustration.

High Dispenser - 9 1/8"
Middle Dispenser - 6 3/8"
Low Dispenser - 3 5/8"

When designing your robot, keep in mind that field tolerances may vary by as much as +/- 1.0" as specified in rule <G12>..

[the man]

Thanks. Just what I was looking for.