22-04-2006 16:24

anna~marie

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

oh! that is really cool... could you tell me more about it (if you know)?

22-04-2006 16:26

Billfred

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

I don't recall too much (1320 was the team), but I remember a ladder and a scaffold over their pit. On top were a couple of lawn chairs, usually occupied by a couple of team members with safety harnesses.

22-04-2006 16:34

lukevanoort

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

It's a shame innovative pit designs like this aren't legal anymore... but I can see why FIRST did it. Personally, I'd love to have a pit like this, the programmers could work "upstairs" while the mechanical types work "downstairs."

22-04-2006 16:34

Madison

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

Safety harnesses? Presumably, this was to prevent them from falling off rather than to protect them from its collapse?

22-04-2006 16:43

anna~marie

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

I just am really into the sitting space... darn toolboxes take up so much room
hehe

22-04-2006 16:52

Gabe

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

This has to go with this thread

All about mulltiple story pit areas.

22-04-2006 17:17

Billfred

Re: pic: Two Story pit (2005 Palmetto)

I'd imagine so. (Although those railings seemed to be high enough for a reasonably smart person, the type that FIRST seems to attract.)
Sitting space does a body good--we found the simple solution of finding a patch of floor (or on the cart, in the case of our coach with a busted knee) and just not bringing too much stuff to the competition. Worked about fine for us.