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Re: Team 423 Presents

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Looks simple indeed (but effective). Has the low speed of the drivetrain affected you at all?
I like the multipurpose intake and ball holding.
Can't wait to see a climber on it.
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Originally Posted by thatprogrammer View Post
It is likely that their drivetrain has very fast acceleration despite its low top speed. I think many teams will find such acceleration beneficial in a game that has a field consisting of divided sections; many teams will NEVER be reaching their top speeds this year because of a lack of speed to accelerate.
Ahad is right about the fast acceleration. We go 0 to 100 real quick. Even though our top speed isn't blazingly fast, it's still fast enough for our purposes and allows us to have better control of where we are going (except for when I'm driving in the last video). Most of the videos only have us driving at ~1/2 speed for even better control. In fact, we have so much torque that our belts are busy skipping whenever we change directions even with programmatic dampening. We will be switching from belts to chain in our 6 hours of unbag time to try to fix this problem.

I also can't wait for our climber to be ready. Hopefully it will be done in time to attach at our first competition.
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