Thread: Why not to shift?
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Re: Why not to shift?
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Originally Posted by F22Rapture View Post
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At the rah cha cha ruckus this year, we found that turbo-ing over the barrier really damaged our robot. We did it once, and the radio fell off, and the entire underside of our robot was dented up and scratched, not to mention that our bridge actuator was all bent up. This was also contributed to by the pneumatic wheels having a lot of bounce in them, in addition our drivers extremely defensive driving style during those matches.