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Re: Rookie Season 2014 - Lessons Learned

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Originally Posted by Steven Donow View Post
I'm gonna have to disagree with this here. For a vast majority of teams, it's much more beneficial to put your resources into other things besides developing a drivetrain. As a learning excercise, sure, it can be great, but the kitbot is an excellent drivetrain that so many teams, both new and veteran, definitely undervalue.
We were just having this discussion--what made the difference for 1678 this year. We joked about how bad our catapult was this year, but we agreed the fact that we may have had fastest West Coast drive was a big difference maker for us on the the robot. (There were many non-robot factors that were just as important.)
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