[Cory]

I saw 3 or 4 qualifying matches today over the webcast, and it seemed 179 was having a few issues.
1) They had major problems driving in a straight line in all but one match
2)their autonomy is pretty slow
3)they dont have too much power
4)manueverability is poor because they are so long
5)They cannot let anyone else on the ramp, alliance partner, or otherwise

The only match that they seemed to be very effective in was one where no other team's autonomy worked, leaving them plenty of time to get to the top, in which they did take out the ENTIRE top, but lost anyways. Most of the time, another team got behind them and pushed them out of the way. One big problem they seemed to be having was running into the sides of the ramp before getting on it, because of the width of their robot.

Cory