[mrnoble]

We built three drive bases in the off season this year, one for our absolute beginners (2014 kitbot), one for intermediates (mecanum), and one for advanced (8wd West Coast). The experience was invaluable for the entire team, and we will do it again next year. And two of those bots ended up deeply influencing our design for the game this year.

But no team should ever, ever build a drive base (or create parts or programs) for the upcoming game before kickoff, with the exception of OPEN SOURCE, SHARED resources that the team develops and shares within the FRC community.