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Re: Team 2992 - 30 pt Climber - Top target dumper

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Originally Posted by sircedric4 View Post
We had a strategy meeting at the beginning of our season and discussed the maximum points we could deliver given our limited resources. During that strategy meeting we figured a consistent 50 pt robot would be a good alliance teammate for nearly every game. The rest of the time we will be playing defense.

We have been focusing on reliability and robustness because the climb and dump is such an all or nothing approach.

This year has been very exciting for us. My fellow mentor and I personally like these years where it is extremely difficult to do it all and forces specialization.

For instance during Rack and Roll we concentrated on the ramps for our robot and were very happy with that consistent 60 pts.
It's awesome to see that we aren't the only ones that decided to go with this idea. I love your design over ours though . I'm thinking if we get matched up at Bayou, it's going to be a race to see who can climb and score 50 the fastest!! Or better yet, we might complete one of the first double 30 pt climbs!!! Now I can't wait for Bayou to get here!! See you guys in a little over a month and we look forward to see the final design!!
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