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Re: Where do YOU practice driving?
In early years 781 practiced in the gym of a public school in town that had recently been closed. After that was sold, they used the school gym, but had to setup and take down every time they used it. Recently, the school has made it very difficult for us to book out the gym, so last year we set out to find a different space to practice in. I approached the owner of a gym that had recently closed in town, and they agreed to let us use the building, as it was sitting empty. We had room to set up a little over 1/2 of a field. We moved the carpet in on the Sunday after kickoff, and didn't move out until after the championship. They are planning to have the building torn down and turned into condos so it is unlikely we will be able to use it again. As of last June, we were working on getting use of old garage bays with room to set up a full, if not very close to a full field.
For quick testing, we used the portable classroom that is our build site, but for programming and full on driver practice, we used the practice field.
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Cale Peister - Team 781 Alumni
Mechanical Engineering Student at Waterloo
Attended: WAT'07, WAT'08, GTR'08, WAT'09, GTR'09, WAT'10, GTR'10, WAT'11, GTRE/W'11, BUCKEYE'11, CMP'11, GTRE'12, WAT'12, GTRW'12, WAT'13, WAT'14, WAT '15
Last edited by cpeister : 22-09-2011 at 18:54.
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