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Originally Posted by Kearse
Why wait until after kickoff to finish an offseason project?
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My apologies if this comes out worded funny. Rather than making individual sub-assemblies independently rigid and then finding ways to connect them together, sometimes we like to use other parts of our robot to add stiffness to parts. In this case, the robot would probably have at least decent cross support before we added another cross member. But there's no point in adding a cross member if we're about to add, for example, a box tubing lift on top of the chassis. If the game calls for an arm, our mast support would be the cross member. For an intake game, we'd have to redesign anyway as the chassis is closed front.
So it's less not finishing it and more waiting for game specific design. There are other loose ends to finish, like chassis specific gussets and gearbox standoff mounting, but since changes will be needed in just two short weeks anyway to meet the game...