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Re: VEXPro - After the season

2815 used the Mini-CIMs, the ball shifters, and two sprockets.

The Mini-CIMs were flawless in operation. Best design choice? Questionable...but that's our problem, not theirs.

The sprockets were solid. I appreciated having the tooth count on there, and we had no problems (other than needing a different tooth count on there--again, our problem not theirs).

The ball shifters didn't get nearly the use I expected--between sprocket size miscalculations and an odd binding issue that kept us driving in arcs, we had drive and cRIO brownout issues all season. Now that the robot is home and no longer in a bag, I expect us to have a fun session getting to the bottom of things. Might've been the ball shifters, might've been something else.
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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.

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