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Re: Why not to shift?

In the last 2 years, having a single speed transmission allowed us to actually complete our robot before ship date and under weight. This is HUGE. Do not underestimate this. We've had our best-ever on-field success in the last 2 years because of this. Go listen to Karthik's presentation. Go now! Then come back.

As the coach on the field, at no point in the last 2 years did I WISH I had a shifting transmission to power through a given situation. Sure, it may have helped inherently ease one or two situations on the bridges in 2012, yet the issue was more about the bridge lowerer than the control getting up.

Thus, unless we're climbing some incline like 2010 (and even then, only if climbing the incline provides enough reward) or we're forced to traverse a wide open field like 2008, I doubt we'll do a shifting transmission in 2013.
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