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Re: How Would You Change Your Robot

I would make our drive base wider. Although the 2013 Drive in a Day was convenient, 23.25" wide really hurt our intake options, (we were pretty much restricted to an el toro intake) and how we could hold the ball in (we had to use poles which really ended up hurting us in the end). The reason we went with the length that restricted the width was to get a better shot on our pneumatic shooter. I would honestly downgrade our drive train to 4 CIMs in order to prevent two things:
1) Teams that would see our drivetrain and say "You guys are playing defense" (although this may have been the reason we got to MSC)
2) The battery draw. There were a few matches where we would stutter about the field because we drew the battery charge to below 10 volts.

But hey, hindsight is 20/20
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