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Re: Weird Gearbox Sound

If you'd like, I'd be happy to stop by after work sometime this week - I know you have very little time to get it fixed before States, only 6 hours of robot access outside of the bag!

My first guess is a dead battery, and we can look through your driver station logs pretty quickly without unbagging the robot to see if that was the case.

My second guess would be some sort of mechanical interference or damage, something that would require the robot outside of the bag and running to figure out, eating up work time!

Let me known in a PM if you want me to swing by after 5 one of these days, I'm available all week (except for Friday, when I'll see you guys at load-in!).

Edit for those curious: the Minnesota State High School League State Tournament is held every may, a few weeks after champs, and is a bag and tag event, following the district bag and tag rules of 6 hours of robot access leading up to the event. This is done to keep the playing field level for the event, as someone last competing in week 1 would otherwise have significantly more time than someone competing at Champs would. It's not perfect, but the best we can do!
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