JVN, don't take this the wrong way, just listing some of the giants whose shoulders we all stand on now. If you'd be interested in joining us for a cast post Kickoff (we are pretty well booked through then) let one of us know and we would love to put something together.
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Originally Posted by animenerdjohn
How can you do a drivetrain presentation without JVN of 148? I mean 148 won worlds with a non-skid drivetrain, which in itself is impressive if you look at history - but on top of that they invented 9 wheel drive and helped spearhead the new articulating drive method. 148 and JVN work with IFI who designed and makes the most popular traction wheels available. I'm not trying to put them on a pedestal, but I feel like having them in the discussion would be beneficial.
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148 was not the first team to win with a non-skid drivetrain. 111 won in 2003 with a crab drive and StangPS. 67 won in 2005 with a 3 wheel flopping swerve which was all sorts of crazy. And as far as talking about swerve style drives, we have the father of swerve, Dr Joe Johnson who was with 47 when they pioneered steered wheel systems back in the late 90's.
Articulating drives predated JVN, in fact, they were often used for shifting before the dog-gear style shifters appeared. In fact I seem to recall the predecessors to octanum and the ilk showing up on CD in 2006/2007.
Plus, John has spoken about FRC drive systems in the past, he's pretty open about it. We are trying to bring in people who don't usually talk to most teams and encourage them to share their knowledge. (Oh, and Andy Baker but we couldn't pass up him since he is sort of a personal hero to all of us)
While I do agree that JVN is an incredible engineer, I am really proud of the group we've put together for this cast and I think they will provide fresh content to the community. I hope he and the other experts don't take this as a snub that we aren't inviting them to join, we just have a limit to the number of people we can bring in at any one time.