KOP Speculation

[h1n1is4pigs]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Servos? Jaguars?

jaguars are like half a pound each so i doubt it. may be they contain a flux capacitor and plutonium
or maybe they contain lead weights

[Andrew Schreiber]

I'll give you my prediction in just over 35 hours.

[GaryVoshol]

Isn't that the standard tote size? With the Choice program, probably all standard KoP items fit in one tote this year; it might be a little heavier than when all the previously-supplied items would be divided between 2 totes. Motors are probably the majority of the weight. (Remember, past rules specified that except for any additional CIM's allowed, motors used on the robot had to be from the current KoP.)

Separately packaged items are usually those that arrived too late to put into the tote. Probably the size and weight is that of the largest one. I wouldn't read too much into this.

[thefro526]

Perhaps the smaller boxes are CIM motors donated in their own packaging? Maybe some new Electronics gear that FIRST didn't want to package in with the rest of the KOP? Those are the only things that come to mind that are that small but also that heavy.

Or, OMG, what if they give us one of each (if there are multiple) or more than one game piece? That'd be something right there. (For those of you that weren't around in 2009, finding replacement game pieces was nearly impossible unless you were adventurous enough to go through every Walmart in the surrounding area and search through the clearance Aisle, and in 2010, we realized that not all size 5 soccer balls were created equal...)

[pandamonium]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...LAID=603713622

[Bill_B]

Originally Posted by pandamonium

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...LAID=603713622

For the bag-n-tag teams? Hey, Rube, get cubed!

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by h1n1is4pigs

jaguars are like half a pound each so i doubt it. may be they contain a flux capacitor and plutonium
or maybe they contain lead weights

Maybe we'll be receiving a Mr.Fusion this year .

But Sirusly,

I'm surprised were going down to 1 bin for Veterans...

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by dag0620

But Sirusly,

I'm surprised were going down to 1 bin for Veterans...

They've been talking about reducing the kit size for Veterans for the last year or two. I can't remember if we got two bins last year or not, but I know whatever it was - it wasn't much. Some vendors are reducing what they're putting in the KOP or making it available to those teams that request it to keep the cost down. You've also got to figure that a New Control System takes up nearly a tote in itself between the CRio, Assorted Modules, PDB, Digital Side Car, etc.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by thefro526

They've been talking about reducing the kit size for Veterans for the last year or two. I can't remember if we got two bins last year or not, but I know whatever it was - it wasn't much. Some vendors are reducing what they're putting in the KOP or making it available to those teams that request it to keep the cost down. You've also got to figure that a New Control System takes up nearly a tote in itself between the CRio, Assorted Modules, PDB, Digital Side Car, etc.

Last year was two totes for the veterans.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Last year was two totes for the veterans.

Last year was two just-over-halfway-filled totes for the veterans.

[Jon Stratis]

Lets also keep in mind that most years we've gotten small/delicate parts in their own packaging or envelops. One great example is the accelerometer and Gyro. small padded envelop, smaller than a book and less than 5 lbs. Remember, we have an upper limit on weight, not a lower limit - so don't discount the jaguar theory, h1n1is4pigs. Half a pound is still less than 5 lbs.

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by eagle33199

Lets also keep in mind that most years we've gotten small/delicate parts in their own packaging or envelops. One great example is the accelerometer and Gyro. small padded envelop, smaller than a book and less than 5 lbs. Remember, we have an upper limit on weight, not a lower limit - so don't discount the jaguar theory, h1n1is4pigs. Half a pound is still less than 5 lbs.

A titanium billet the size of one of those really thick sci-fi paperbacks weighs about 5 pounds to put things in perspective. Maybe everyone will have to machine their wheels out of titanium billets this year?

[Jason Law]

25 lb box... Probably the KoP AndyMark Chassis Frame w/ Toughboxes and wheels like last year?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Jason Law

25 lb box... Probably the KoP AndyMark Chassis Frame w/ Toughboxes and wheels like last year?

Makes sense for the 36" length.

[Radical Pi]

This is nothing near the 5 lb weight of the small objects, but wouldn't the cRIO modules fit the description of "smaller than a paperback book"? Could we be expanding beyond the current system of 3 types of modules?