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Re: One speed vs Two speed gearboxes

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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence View Post
Team 71 won a world championship with a dominant robot in 2002 spending the majority of the match traveling only inches each second. If you think you need 20+ ft/s to be successful in FRC I suggest you take a step off the California powerhouse hype train and re-evaluate what a drive system is supposed to do. Better yet, attend my class on Strategic Design at the WRRF workshops on December 13th and I will personally explain to you why this isn't necessary.

I understand where you're coming from - I once had a similar mindset as well - luckily I had some good mentors knock some sense into me. We're fortunate to have some of the best mentors to learn from here in California - especially in the Silicon Valley.
In a time when moving was a major challenge and almost everything was custom and there was less power available in the KoP. Things were slower then.
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