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Re: VEX PRO. To use it or not to use it.

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I'd love to know how a superficial layer of black oxidation increases performance...
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Everybody knows computers with red LEDs run faster, but computers with blue LEDs run cooler. It's like that!
At Peachtree 2011, I told Sean's team that our robot was wrapped in racing tape*, which added ten horsepower. They picked us.

*Yes, Racing tape. That was what it was sold as--we picked it because it was close to garnet and we didn't have a chance to paint before ship.

That said, there IS always a risk with new products; almost every launch of a new car comes with at least some service bulletins, software launches are usually followed a week or two later with a .1 update, and so on. But if anyone's going to hit at least a double on the first at-bat, it's the IFI crew.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor

93 events (more than will fit in a ChiefDelphi signature), 13 seasons, over 60,000 miles, and still on a mission from Bob.

Rule #1: Do not die. Rule #2: Be respectful. Rule #3: Be safe. Rule #4: Follow the handbook.
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