Tape again

[FRC1466]

I don’t want to belabor this point, but for obvious reasons, our team wants to be clear on the proscriptions involved with adhesive backed traction materials for our platform. We have located “Safety Track” at the Gilmore-Kramer Company. It looks like it might be very similar to the “Antislip Tape” at e.g. McMaster-Carr, but it is not called “tape” anywhere in its name or description. Acceptable?

[GDC]

If the material is not marketed and/or sold as "tape" then for the purposes of Rule <R35> it will not be considered "tape." If you suspect that questions may arise from inspectors regarding the material, we suggest you take any packaging or descriptions that show the material is not "tape" with you to the competition events.

[FRC2068]

We would like to use a 3M product called Pres-on-step on our deployable ramp to aid in traction. It is described as a non-skid abrasive film backed with pressure sensitive adhesive. Would this be permitted?

[GDC]

See answer above.