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during one of 229's practice matches on Thursday, where our robot was non-existant, I decided to get a picture of what a 6'4" driver sees of the playing field when hunching forward. needless to say, visibility is sometimes a problem :-p
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11-03-2007 23:26
Pat McCarthy
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
As a tall former driver, I agree!
I had to hunch over quite a bit to see the field.
11-03-2007 23:29
Andy Baker
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
At New Orleans, Blair made the same statement: the driver station needs to be taller. He said that the alliance station wall was 6'7", and asked one of the human players to come out on the field. Then, he took the tape measure and announced that this HP was 4 inches taller than the alliance station wall. Yep, 6'11".
AB
11-03-2007 23:31
Joe Matt
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
I'll be more than happy to take some inches from you Jay. 
Joe "5'9"-5'10"" Matt
11-03-2007 23:32
Cuog
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
Wow and I complained that I hit my head on those things 
hopefully something is done to make sure that it is easier for taller people to see, cause driving next year could be fun if i get any taller
11-03-2007 23:33
Daniel Brim
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
If you increase the size of the driver's station wall, it will become essentially impossible for human players to score on the rack. It will also increase the likelihood of a "tube pile" right in front of the driver's station wall since the human players will not be able to throw the tubes as far onto the field. Just some food for thought.
11-03-2007 23:37
kireitenshi00
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
Personally, I think the driver stations are just fine as they are. This is probably due to the fact that my team and myself are all vertically challenged.
11-03-2007 23:38
StephLee
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
I say we just shrink the drivers...us short coaches have visibility issues, too! 
11-03-2007 23:49
mizscience
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
As a relatively average height human player [5'4"], I think the height of the drivers station is just fine. Though, I have seen many drivers have to duck to see what is going on and can see where the problem would be. Maybe they'd consider raising the number displays a little higher to give at least that much more height of clearance to the operators.
11-03-2007 23:59
Greg Marra
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
I am "only" 6 feet tall, but as a driver last year I noticed the LED signs (especially in alliance station two) to be an issue. Once I stepped up to the controls, it wasn't really a problem, but if I tried to look and see the far goal, the beam or LED signs would be exactly in the way of the goal.
I had to sort of hunch over..
12-03-2007 00:13
Stuart
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
hmm driver station isn't tall enough . . thats nothing some elbow grease and a hack saw cant fix.
12-03-2007 07:52
ChrisMcK2186
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
Well, I am over 6 foot 2 inches and I would love to have higher stations but since that creates several problems with throwing ringers, I say we adopt the NASA approach to it: Don't let any body over 5'9 into the driver station. Worked for Gemini, why not FIRST?
Chris
12-03-2007 08:57
Captain Thunder
Re: pic: Why FIRST needs to make the driver station taller
that sight is way to familiar i'm 6'5 and it stinks our other driver is 6'3" so there needs to be some change!!!!! maybe just raise the light boxes that show your team #
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