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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
I would do this first.
I fail to see the significant benefit of 7lbs. vs. what 6 cims give you.
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The drive train is geared for 6 CIMs. That is precisely the problem with removing them. It is also a surprisingly large amount of work to remove them as well. You can't get at them from the outside of the gearbox, so we'd probably have to remove our drive modules, remove the transmissions from those, split the transmission, remove the motors, then reassemble. Compared to most of the other items on the list it is much more difficult.
Also, it would hurt our strategy pretty severely and go completely against an important lesson the team learned last year regarding the value of defensive play.
Lastly, the robot should cross the field (calculated including wheel slip with all six cims) in 3.25 seconds. In the case we have to cycle by ourselves they will be fast cycles.