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Re: Team 1625 Minibot FIRST Run

With the default gearing (1:52), we climbed the pole at 4.1 seconds. We tried gearing the minibot up 2:1 -- and took off exactly the same amount of weight that we added with the gears.

Our new time: (drumroll please!)

4.5 seconds.

Drat!

Time for more tweaking!
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