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Unread 08-07-2012, 17:28
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Re: What do YOU want in the Kit of Parts?

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
More CIMs. This isn't as important (but would still be nice) for veteran teams as it is for rookie teams. A 4 CIM drivetrain is so important to being successful with an at weight robot for the vast majority of games, but the kit only comes with two and the kitbot directions assume you are only using two. As a result you get a bunch of low tier teams using 2 CIMs + other motors when they haven't even used all 4 CIMs yet. I think this single change would improve performance of the lower tier of robots significantly for relatively low cost.
I like this suggestion for perhaps the rookie kit.

For veterans, I agree with IndySam on his comments about motors and Victors. After seeing teams this season who used most of the motors in the kit (two being 973 and 3928) I'm tempted to say that teams who are unable to find or create solutions may not be trying hard enough. Yes, more motors like CIMs would make the competition easier, but at a certain point I really think we should stop making things easier on teams so we see more engineering involved.

The suggestion of powertools is a good one as well.

Just +0.02
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