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Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay
1678 went to Einstein with that drivetrain and pioneered the math and testing with 971. I'd hardly say they're an example of a typical FRC team.
Most teams shouldn't make this a priority. Putting, say, a week into a hexagonal drivetrain won't make your robot better than putting that same amount of time into the things you mount to your drivetrain.
You've gotta walk before you can run. If you're already running, build a hexagonal drivetrain.
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Having seen 1678's robot itself up close the last couple years, I have to say that it's not their robots' build quality that makes them what they are, but rather a fantastic driver and fantastic strategy. This year, their robot seemed to be made mostly out of versatubing-like material and other COTS parts, excepting the can grabbers.
Their 2014 robot was even simpler than this year's robot IMO. Surgical tubing catapult, Vex ballshifters IIRC, dual intakes, and ball stabilizer. If somebody could get a closeup of the way they made the hex chassis, that would be interesting to see.