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Re: Poll: Wide or Narrow Chassis?

On the pro side for narrow drivetrains, it will be much easier to fit it onto the ramp at the end of the match. During eliminations, these extra 20 points are so very key. That is 7 balls scored on the top hoop, 10 balls scored in the mid hoops and 20 balls on the low hoop. That is literally half of the match making up for the extra time it takes to load 3 onto the ramp. It is IMPOSSIBLE to have 3 "long" robots balanced on the ramp. That is not going to happen.

I disagree with the point of 18 balls being a small enough number that we will only be encountering one at a time. Even if 6 balls had just been scored (1 per team), there are 12 balls on the field. If you give each side 6 balls randomly placed on a 27 by 27 foot section of the court the randomness could allow for even 3 or 4 balls to come together.

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