29-04-2006 00:57

b-rant

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

hmmmm........kindof reminds me of a buckyball

29-04-2006 02:53

Gabe

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

The question is, what is it for? Decoration, or a fusion reactor to charge your batteries?

30-04-2006 16:19

anna~marie

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

oh man that was so great...
we were two pits down and couldnt figure out how they could work at all because we were so distracted haha love it

30-04-2006 19:13

Kyle Love

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

This is team 45's infamous New Years eve ball drop ball. It is used to ring in the new year in Kokomo. We draw around 5,000 or so people annually. It is dropped off of a 5 story building downtown. It consists of over 30,000 LEDs. There are also some high power LEDs used as strobes. It is one heck of a sight to see!

30-04-2006 20:07

dubious elise

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

It was gorgeous - Molly and I were watching it almost incessantly when we were in the pits!

30-04-2006 20:12

Koko Ed

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

That picture doesn't do it justice.
It was quite pretty to look at.

30-04-2006 20:14

Jaine Perotti

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

You're right.
Anyone have a picture of it lit up?

30-04-2006 20:15

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

I do, and some video since we were right across from them in the pits.

I'll post it later tonight.

01-05-2006 01:29

Elgin Clock

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

Double post, but long time delay between them so meh..

Anyways, here are some still pics:

Cool pattern (yes, this is lit condition) 1 of many wild patterns I saw all weekend.

Close up of panels (unlit condition) All pre-made, and then assembled into the overall shape.

Packed up and ready to go back to Kokomo (unlit condition) It was really heavy.. or at least it looked like it was.


Video coming tomorrow when I finally get a chance to upload it.

03-05-2006 18:04

Schnabel

Re: pic: TechnoKat Pit - Championship 2006

The ball really is not that heavy. We weighed it in at about 85lb. which isn't as bad as our first ball, so I heard. If you really think about it though, it is just an empty shell made of plastic and aluminum. If you look at our chairman's book on our website (www.technokats.org for those of you who don't know it), it had a picture of it being used in Kokomo bringing in the year 2006.