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Unread 13-11-2015, 11:40
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Re: Driving Straight

We used the gyro for driving straight for Auto and during the matches this year. The gyro is the easiest way to make sure you are going in a certain direction. We used the drive straight to drive to the step and drive straight to back up from the step. This way we did not knock over a stack of totes. We had a lance sticking out that we used for auto to move the recycle bins out of the way. If the driver turned while backing up it would move the stack. This function to drive straight back was a huge hit with the drivers.

The NavMXP had very little drift. We left it running for 20 minutes one time and had no drift. Way better than the old kit gyro. If you are trying to drive straight and you have a gyro why would you do it any other way?

Tim
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