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Originally Posted by John_1102
Here's an exciting tidbit. We bought some Mecanum wheels to play with two days ago  were looking to have some bases built to be prepared for next year. Do you guys know of your own teams pre-building bases? And another thing I found last night were 4, 2 speed CIM transmissions know if these are pretty useful? I seem to remember 343 having 2 speed transmissions on their tanktreads during breakaway. |
I guess a lot of teams do the pre season build. I was part of 343 for the past 4 years, and the only time I think they prepared for that was for Rack & Roll back in 2007. The base was drawn up, and after the kick-off they put it together pretty quickly. This past summer I (part of 343) was prototyping a swerve module, but after I left, I guess they went a different route for this year.
The 2 speed transmissions are definately worth keeping. They cost too much to get rid of. We had them last year and they were good for pushing if needed. The key is getting the drivers time to feel good about using them, otherwise it's wasted weight.