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Re: Driver Console Ideas
Driver consoles should be functional - if you don't know why you would need a button or stick or switch or light, leave it out! The audience doesn't see it, so anything extra is just another distraction the driver, gunner, and coach don't need. That said, do it right - make it smooth and clean and attractive.
Our driver console for the past two years is just a (nicely sanded and sealed) wooden board with a 3-board stand in the middle, velcro on the bottom and dual-lock on top. The velcro on the bottom holds it down, and the dual-lock on top (which is subject to minor adjustments from year to year) holds down the driver station classmate and joysticks, or keeps the xBox controller from falling during autonomous.
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