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Originally posted by Goober65
Well, I must say, i was hoping that i wouldnt have to drive against 111 because up until that time no one has flipped us, and i didnt want it to happen there. Too bad our main breaker switched off..we still dont know why..because then the first match would have been more of a challenge for you guys instead of both us and our partner dieing.
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Just a guess, but I think your breaker flipped cause you were sucking way too much juice. You guys have beautiful drive train with those 4 motors constantly giving 110%. I still havent figured out how with one speed 4:1 gear ratio you got 12 fps and an amazing amount of torque.
During acceleration or pushing I bet ur bot draws like 240 amps. Last year we decided it would be a good idea to direct drive a high gear boschs with chippies to match. We knew the risk but since we were only gonna drive for like 3 sec and then clamp down it wasnt seen as a problem. We must have drained well over 300 amps and caused the voltage to drop to like 4V sending the controller into safe mode. We were qiuck to regear at VCU.
Too bad your breaker decided to flip out during first match of the finals. I would have loved to see the battle for the hill. You showed in the second match that you can get under Wildstang's ramp and push them around, something I have never seen anyone else do. 111 was all about maneuverability and leverage. 25 was all about power and speed. It was truly an epic showdown of the two best bots that I would have have loved to see go into a third match, winner takes all. I also would have been cool if 25's successfully made a 2 stack during match two.
469 Las Guerrillas also deserves recognition for being the most powerful bot in the final once they switched to low gear. They were also very fast, amazing what a 5:1 gear on a pneumatic piston can do. 25 couldnt catch 469 by running straight under the bar in autonomous mode.
Also to round out the winning alliance 65 The Husky Brigade was a good fast bot. Those big wings were incredible for "descoring". Our match against 65 and 1108 was my favorite even though we lost after 1108 Paola pushed their 3 stack back into scoring position.