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Re: Poll on winning teams using practice bots
1918 has never built a practice bot. However, we do whatever we can to maximize practice/access time. We have a drivable chassis by week 3, so it starts there. We have a functionally complete robot by week 5. We attend a practice "opportunity" on weekend 6. Being in Michigan, we get at least 2 district events with 6 hours of "out of the bag" time prior to each. We usually go to a week 1 event, so there is only one week off between bag day and "out of bag" practice time. This year, we did 3 districts - every other weekend, so we were never more than 1 week without driving practice/upgrade time. Prior to MSC and CMP, we removed the shooter (built as a removable assembly for that reason) and were able to upgrade/test it by mounting in on a wooden frame and powering/controlling it with our test mule (spare cRio, etc. on a board). Going to the 3rd district event cost a lot less than building a full practice bot.
A duplicate practice bot would be nice, but there are other ways to get most of the benefits.
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NC Gears (Newaygo County Geeks Engineering Awesome Robotic Solutions)
FRC 1918 (Competing at St. Joseph and West MI in 2017)
FTC 6043 & 7911
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