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Re: Driver Selection: A Discussion

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Originally Posted by Flak-Bait View Post
Just to reply to the original question, I think you need a reasonable amount of dedication to the team to drive. Our team has had kids at driver tryouts that don't know that our robot isn't really a tank. However, they'll drive like it is and can damage the machine.
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
If you have to drive your robot carefully, it's not well designed.
Recklessness can destroy any robot, no matter how well it was put together. Give me the 2010 Breakaway Field (or another year with more than just towers on the field), the toughest robot from that year, and it's control board, and i could break the robot within a minute.
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