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Unread 17-04-2014, 21:14
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Re: What was there before AndyMark?

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
I don't think the vast majority of teams are capable of making gearboxes from scratch, so I find it hard to lament the "loss" of this particular challenge.

Students still have to innovate and work with what they're given. What they're given now is strictly better, as far as I can tell, than what they were given in the past.
You had a gearbox; the drill motors were attached to them.

But you're right, things are better for teams now then they were in the past.
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