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Re: [FTC]: 2014-2015 Game Manual Part 1 Now Online

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Originally Posted by atucker4072 View Post
Say the game calls for speed like Block Party did. That's great you realize it and you build a fast robot that can zip around the field. Okay someone plays defence on you. Would you rather have to try and make a move around them and possibly have to around to the other side of the field or would you rather shift and be able to just push them out of your way?
If your image is some insane resolution could you just link the image instead of embedding it....the image is too big for my browser even in 1080p mode.

Coming from someone who has used shifters in FRC before. You would much rather design a system that can escape pushing as opposed to something that could just plow through something.

There's no glaring need for shifters in the FTC drivetrain, but I can see it being useful in mechanism design. I hope those gears in the AM motors are all metal. I don't want to have to experience the plastic any-more.
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