So in the f4 chat we hashed out ideas a bit presenting some arguments and I remembered a remnant from our 2015 mess of a stop build day.
https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...d.php?t=134801
So, sorry sam from 2015 stop build day no miracle this time and sorry geetwo Einstein would have been fun.
We ended up with a robot that never lifted a game piece. It had potential to work but it was too much work to get done at the regional. It was a week 5 regional and our only regional. If we had 5 extra weeks we would have had plenty of time to fix the design and if we had 8 hours per week for 4 weeks we would have been able once again to actually field a working robot. We could have potentially fixed the issues in the withholding allowance the issue was though that we didn't know what would fix it. Would more wire wraps fix all of our issues? New rails? Now after the regional I know we would have needed a new plate with 2 levels and 8 more rollers, New rails this time tubing, as well as a more wraps or just a normal winch. But, we had no way or figuring it out and we couldn't really afford building a second one.
Being stuck not knowing if you can fix your robots issues with no real way to test it, is frustrating, sad, and sure as he'll not inspiring. In fact after that season we lost 2 hard working members as it wasn't worth their time anymore. I have yet to hear an argument strong enough to warrant me supporting a bag that can result in hindering a team to that point.