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Re: Need Balls!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 00:51:09 GMT
Original-From: 
Ian Sinclair <SINCLAIR@CADVISION.antispamCOM>
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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 21:04:56 GMT, you wrote:

I am coaching a team in the FLL contest.  I need a supply of those 5 or 6
nub diameter foam balls -- at least 30.  Does anyone have an idea of a
source?  Is there any similar thing that comes from Nerf?

How many balls come with the RoboSports expansion set?

Any advice appreciated.

--Jack Gregory

Didn't the FLL organizers foresee the need for balls?

Have you guys considered using ping pong balls instead?  Very close in
size to the original robo sport balls I would think. Uniform and
easily obtainable.  Somewhat heavier I think.

<ICS>



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(...) You get 5 balls with the FLL extension set, but the contest uses up to 30 per team, and we are trying to simulate a contest. Of particular interest is whether the bins will get full and start overflowing. The balls are about 1.5 inches in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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I am coaching a team in the FLL contest. I need a supply of those 5 or 6 nub diameter foam balls -- at least 30. Does anyone have an idea of a source? Is there any similar thing that comes from Nerf? How many balls come with the RoboSports expansion (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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