Probably the biggest oh-hell moment I've had was with 2815 at Palmetto 2012. We got called in as the backup team just before SF2-1, so naturally we were thrilled to have a crack at the title.
Match starts, and we didn't really do autonomous due to the nature of the shooter. Alright, no sweat. Teleop begins, we move about a foot, and we die on the field for the match. We lose the first match, meaning it's win or go home.
So, six minutes to diagnose Mystery Robot Death that hadn't really hit us all season long...or the season ends. Check every wire and connection we can put hands on, throw it back on the field, and hope it holds together. Our best theory is that a main battery cable got loose on the PD board, but we couldn't confirm it since so many wires got touched. What I
can confirm is that we won the four matches that followed, punching our ticket to St. Louis.
