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AKA: Spencer Tickman
FRC #1747 (Harrison Boiler Robotics)
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Re: pic: 6-sided tank drive

If tbones were rare and could be easily avoided by good drivers you would not see teams like 254,971,973,148,1114,118,1730,33 and countless other elite teams dedicating engineering hours, money and weight to mechanical aids to get out of pins.

This year we were caught in pins constantly and it slowed us down significantly while simultaneously wearing down our wheels. Often less high scoring teams don't face the same level of defense as their higher scoring counterparts so their robots weaknesses are never exposed.
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