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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.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
I like this suggestion for perhaps the rookie kit.
Agreed. Veterans should know the utility of a 4-CIM drive, but considering CIMs are also the most abuse-tolerant of motors the rookies could use that leg up no matter how they use them.
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