Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence (Post 1394356)

Teams that gear for that speed use it in cases where you would want to cross the entire field extremely quickly in one straight shot (think 2011 or 2013). That being said, it's still something interesting to test. Most robots that run these speeds are on the lighter side (90-100 lbs), which helps them abuse the higher speeds with greater acceleration.

Originally Posted by Arpan (Post 1394489)

They do. However, in my experience, the risk of blowing the main breaker here is not worth it. It also necessitates a drive system such as split arcade for decent control.

We're considering going to ~16 calculated high and ~7-9 calculated low next year to avoid blowing the breaker.