Killer Carts!

[Andrew Rudolph]

[quote=jjv]
there is a PS2 hidden inside the cart

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I thought i noticed that, i didnt believe my eyes.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Berserker

we didnt even have a handle on it

We did; it was a piece of PVC w/ a nail through it that went into a small eye hook. We took it off because it caused the cart to swing and hit people in the pits.

[skacore]

hm. our cart is pretty cool. no stereos on it, i thought FIRST banned those last year. maybe i misheard. we've had our cart for about 5 years. it doubles as out crate, which is convinent because the bottom is used to carry everything we need for matches (new batteries, air compresser, etc..) and the robot sits on top. when it's ready to ship off, we just put the aluminum lid on top and put our tool kits in the bottom storage area and it's ready to go. I'll try to get a pic up some time.
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[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by skacore

I thought FIRST banned those last year. maybe i misheard.

No, you heard correctly, it was just very rarely enforced. Really I don't see the need to have a DVD player and PS2 in a cart... Neon lights, ok, stereo, maybe - I think people need to start putting things on carts that would actually be useful - I saw team 1011's (Crush) cart, and it was driveable using the previous year's drive I think.

However, IMO, Truck Town will always have the best cart... those trucks they drive in are just so cool

[Justin]

I have two observation about the cart phenomena...

One - It is just plain SAD when teams spend more time on/have a much nicer cart than robot.

Two - I've long felt that FIRST should give out an award for the best cart possibly let the students vote on it. It's kind of like the web page was in the early days a lot of students worked really hard on them and got no recognition.

[Cowmankoza]

there arnt necesarrily regulations against stereos on carts, just the fact of blasting your stereos on your cart. My team, 1251, had a nice little summer project of cart building, all individually funded from the members. we were a little obsessive on it, since the audio totals about 2200 watts, we have a dvd player and 2 lcd screens , basically, the cart shouldnt be your primary goal, just a nice offseason project since last i remember, you couldnt work on robot parts during that time frame. but as long as you remember that the team next to you doesnt want to hear your music like their at a concert. tone it down, and stereos will be ok