15-10-2013, 09:56
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no bag, vex only, final destination
AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,791
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Re: "The Little Things" - Helpful hints for all
- Don't be afraid to ask for help with the fear that it will "reveal your design". Honestly, there aren't a lot of unique ideas in FRC, and it's extremely rare that an FRC team would have been able to dominate with an idea if only they had thought of it. The help you need is far more valuable than the imaginary competitive advantage you get revealing that your shooter uses a bucket or that your hanger is passive.
- 4 CIMs is the minimum for a competitive drivetrain, excluding some edge cases that probably don't apply to your robot.
- In many years, the specific design you choose isn't as important as the amount of development, iteration, and practice time you put into perfecting it.
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Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
--2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
Mentor / Consultant Person: 2170 (2017-?)
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
-- 2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design -- 2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
-- 2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
-- 2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 MN 10K Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
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