[EricH]

Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta

we were looking at this because it would be difficult and not easy to do. We are just coming out of our rookie year and did not have the best working bot in the world to say the least. This could be a challenging but rewarding experience for the team (I think) to help grow and develop us to make a veteran team style robot.

Something I would suggest is to make this an offseason project and bring it out to the Fall Classic, Battle at the Border, or another SoCal offseason event.

The other thing I would suggest, if you haven't done this already, would be to figure out what worked and what didn't work and why it did or didn't work this last season. (Example: Intake wasn't up to par. Why? Intake wheels kept falling off. Why? ____ What do we do about it for next year? _______ Just an example from what I saw of you guys at IE, by the way.)

One of the best things to do, when copying/iterating someone else's design, is to figure out WHY X was done in a certain way. It might bring something to light in your own process that is lacking. So... why did so few teams use a turret this year and in 2008 (particularly compared to 2006 and 2012)? Why did 254 opt to have a capability for a 3-ball automode? Why did this, why did that... you get the picture. (Some of those may be publicly available.)