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I can't wait to see the destruction. This year is gonna be fun on a bun!

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We blew the 20A fuse on the PDP early morning yesterday at our week zero and fried a VRM due to bad wiring. (thankfully we fixed that issue) Other than that we didn't encounter many mechanical/electrical issues.

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Ouch. We killed a gyro when we plugged in our robot for the first time, but fortunately that's been the worst for us so far... the main thing has been the cable to our right shooter motor, which got unplugged in two of the matches we played in Saturday.

I'm somewhat concerned that that's been the worst of our issues so far, we must be missing something...

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How expensive was the gyro you guys fried?

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No idea. It was one of a few that have apparently been lying around for a few years. I'd guess around $30, so not too bad, but if we had to go out and buy another it would be dipping into a mentor because we're just about flat broke right now.

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That's good that it wasn't too expensive.. I was afraid it would be one of those expensive ones that you guys fried.. You guys could always try and find a local team in the south metro area to borrow a gyro from.

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"I hope the other teams have an answer to robots with rigid supported pool noodle blockers 54" tall." :)

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Like I said, fortunately we had another couple in a box somewhere.

We're really fortunate to be surrounded with a bunch of friendly teams down here. 2220 in particular helped us out a lot at their week zero-- both with some of the last minute modifications we had to do and giving us a cylinder when we didn't have one that would let us load our boulder. It's great to have friends :)

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I'm thinking: "That poor field... I hope it can stand the horrible beating that our robot is going to unleash on it" seriously our driver has no regard for anything but getting from A to B quickly. I love it.

I'm also thinking that the JVN Calculator should come in the KOP. It's our first time actually doing the math for all of our mechanisms and for some reason math actually works.

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Thinking:
Why did we put so much chain on this thing?
How many times will it skip before stripping the sprocket clean?
What is going to fall(fly?!) off next?

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Time to iterate, more.

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Mentors: "Of the 100 things we thought of, 90 worked. Of the 100 things we DIDN'T think of, 100 didn't work."

The main benefit of the scrimmage: realizing how many things our there you didn't realize would be a problem.

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QFT. We fabricated new intake plates that gave us better performance, but literally redesigned an hour after assembly to add support for another mechanism. Iteration is love, iteration is life.

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Thinking I need a day or two without robots. Then to iterate and practice like crazy with our practice robot.

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SO glad we ditched that 10-wheel design...