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Disc Carriers Part of Field?
I was checking out some match videos and I came across the Finals Match 2 at Oklahoma. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhrQNmzLuV4
At 1:45, you can see very clearly the Feeders have some sort of "disc magazine" that holds a nice stack of discs for the feeders to have quick access to. It looks like both feeder stations have at least one of these assemblies. I've been to two events so far (CVR and SAC) and haven't seen these assemblies at either event. Is this standard at other events? It seems like a great way to keep the discs organized and probably speeds up field reset. Also seems helpful to those FCS teams out there -Mike |
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
At KC it was a 5 gallon bucket with one side cut out at each feeding station, as I recall.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
San diego had some neat custom made (?) wood racks, Phoenix had laundry baskets.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
At North Star we had boxes with 15 slots in it - almost looked like a rack for storing LP's (err... you're parents version of a CD, only much bigger than a normal CD. Maybe Laser disc would make more sense? Or is this all archaic technology to you kids now?) I would imagine this is all stuff that the various regional created to help field reset, and they probably even shoved them in the crates when they were done to pass them on to the next regional.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
There is no standard disc carrier shipping with the field.
I've mostly been watching Northwest regionals (Portland, Seattle, and Central Washington), and they had a couple of different designs made out of PVC. My understanding is that these were assembled and brought to the event/donated by volunteers. |
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If you call it "Vinyl" people will know what you mean, that's what the hipsters listen to nowadays.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
Yeah we used those a lot! Like previously stated it looks like it varies by event however i would like to think there will be some consistency at worlds.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
Plenty of plastic laundry baskets were used here in Michigan (at least at Kettering, West Michigan, and Troy).
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
I saw the 15-slot wooden carriers at Inland Empire last weekend. Previously that field visited Hub City, Lone Star plus other venues.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
Why is this allowed? At the STL regional during the drivers meeting the head ref told us that FIRST made it illegal for any disk to be stack on the top of the feeder station. But on several web cast I've seen teams (HP's) have been doing the exact oposite.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
That question was asked at the GTRW driver's meeting, and it was explicitly allowed.
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I wonder what they will say at worlds?
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The explanation was that there was no rule in the manual against it (which makes sense). As long as the covers weren't ripped off, it was fine. If somehow the little corrected plastic covers got ripped off/removed, that would be considered field damaged.
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Re: Disc Carriers Part of Field?
Q567 Q. Is it permitted to stack discs on top of the FEEDER slides and/or LOW GOAL? If so, is there a limit to the number of discs permitted in stack? (1 Follow-Up Questions)
FRC1640 on 2013-03-06 | 4 Followers A. There are no Rules prohibiting TEAMS from stacking DISCS on the slides at the FEEDER STATION, provided they're not damaged. As stacking DISCS on the LOW GOAL could affect the sensors used to score the MATCH, TEAMS must not stack DISCS on the LOW GOAL. DISCS on the LOW GOAL, or for that matter any interaction with the GOALS, could be considered an attempt to change the score displayed on the audience display and could result in a YELLOW or RED CARD. |
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