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Originally Posted by Tim Lehmann4967

I don't think it was expected that this game would be so defense focused. At Gull Lake there was almost always some robot part laying on the field after each match. I haven't seen any robots break so badly that they couldn't compete, but there is no doubt the bots are getting hammered this year.

we had 8 hours of practice on our robot prior to attending WPI, without having a single broken wheel on the robot, we have Andy mark high grips on the front and Andy mark rubber wheels on the back. we brought to extra wheels of each with us to the event. by the end of the first day we had broken two wheels and by the start of eliminations we had a single spare rubber wheel left. low and behold during semi final 1-2 we broke our final spare. basically caused by the brutality of this years game, I would not change anything with our drivetrain though as it is absolutely amazing, just have to make sure we stockpile wheels for Hartford. although this game is brutal on robots its absolutely awesome for me as a driver as I like to push and bang others around.