01-04-2013 18:54

jwallace15

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

Is this competition outdoors? I would kill for an outdoor competition...

01-04-2013 18:56

EagleEngineer

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

no this competition was indoors, but the practice field was outdoors.

01-04-2013 18:58

dcarr

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

Why would that be a good thing? Particularly with flying game pieces, wind becomes an issue.

01-04-2013 19:01

jwallace15

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

... I didn't even think about that. Sorry.

I just think it would be nice to have an outdoor venue sometime. Call me crazy. I don't have a valid reason for it other than it would be nice to get outdoors at a robotics competition.

Maybe not for an actual event, but at least for a summertime off-season event.

01-04-2013 19:17

EagleEngineer

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also the sun might get in the sight of the camera. or it could cause issues with teams that use goal tracking, etc. But i could see why it would be a cool idea.

01-04-2013 19:43

Andrew Schreiber

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

As someone who's practice field is outdoors... it not only causes problems with tracking but the heat down here actually made our camera stop working until it cooled down (it was over 80 and we were out in the sun for about an hour cycling our shooter)

Wind is also a huge issue, it concealed consistency issues with our shooter that we didn't discover until Orlando.

01-04-2013 19:46

Gregor

Re: pic: 2013 Inland Empire Regional - Winning Alliance

You crazy Michigan people already have IGVC, isn't that enough?

01-04-2013 19:52

JosephC

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Having an offseason outside in a tent when it's 95 degrees it the definition of amazing. 68 went last year, and hope to go again this year!

Please excuse JWallace; first year on the team and all

01-04-2013 22:13

teachsail

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This was a really powerful alliance and they deserve a big congratulations even if they didn't compete outdoors. Well built and driven robots are hard to beat.

01-04-2013 22:22

NXTGeek

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Lol no. And don't try it! We had an outdoor event in the 2012 off season, and it was miserable for all things, from radio to camera to wind. With good weather.

01-04-2013 22:31

xSAWxBLADEx

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IGVC is great, but I also agree. With this years game, It would be fun to have an outdoor event. Judging for wind would just add to the game.