17-02-2013, 15:24
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AKA: Cory McBride
 FRC #0254 (The Cheesy Poofs) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: May 2002
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: Redwood City, CA
Posts: 6,798
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Re: CIMs and Driving
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Originally Posted by jake517
Hello all,
My team is currently having weight issues, and I was wondering if we should take off a couple of our CIMs. Currently, we plan on climbing the ladder for thirty points, and then plan on dumping frisbees for twenty additional points. We also plan on playing defense. Sadly, we are currently a little overweight -- and we have yet to add our dump box.
Is it to our advantage to keep a total of four CIMs driving our tank drive robot, or would it be okay to take off two CIMs and still play defense with only two?
Thanks,
~4294
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2 CIM's is a really really bad idea. You will probably not be able to turn and will likely trip breakers.
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