I wonder if RI’s will approve “typical rope”, and anything else will be deferred to a “rope” line at the Inspection Station that is staffed by the LRI.
How straight does it hang after being wrapped up?
^^ This. We used a window motor today to climb a COTS poly 3/8" rope (no mods other than a cut and light fusing with a heat gun), lifting its 14 pound battery and other mechanisms. All the magic was on the winch side. Apart from a lumber frame, everything was standard FRC components built with tools available to nearly all teams. If it weren’t that the large diameter of the default rope (6 ton line? really?:ahh: ) would require gearing farther down and a larger drum, we would consider using it.
Surely if fuzzy polyethylene rope snags on my calluses, Velcro is completely unnecessary.
See GeeTwo’s post, and the one he quoted.
Time management is more important than Velcro management.
Whose team’s project plan has a box labeled lawyer-the-rules, or one called hope-to-win-a-debate-with-an-inspector?
Know what I mean?
Absolutely! Solid braid nylon and polyester rope found at Home Depot works extremely well. I would say as good or better than Velcro strap from our testing.
I can confirm that this type of rope sticks to the hook side of Velcro.