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Originally Posted by Bkeeneykid
We did this in 2015, but only after realizing it would be a massive pain to attach Mechanum wheels onto the AM14U2. We kept it around and came in very useful for 2016.
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We did attach 6" Mecanums to the AM14U2 for the 2015 season, and yes, it was a pain.
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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
We wanted to make sure we could help rookie and young teams build it properly.
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That makes sense. Often, some of the teams from the greater Knoxville area will all build the KOP chassis with any rookie teams we have, but my team hasn't done that the past few years.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
125 has typically gotten the KOP chassis and built it with the teams that come to kitbot build day. It is then often used as a testbed for software and electronics.
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I really wish we had put together the KOP chassis and immediately started driving on defenses in the first few days after kick-off. We severely over-estimated the defenses, and didn't adjust our design in time to increase our scoring capabilities. Driving a little bit early on might have shown us that getting over the B and D defenses was not the monumental task we thought it was at first.
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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
We're getting the KOP drive again this year. We ended up using it last year and I wish we would have had it from day 1. AndyMark does a great job on this drive base and the majority of teams should heavily consider using it.
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My team has used the KOP chassis or a modified version of it all four years of our existence. It's worked well for us, but my team is hoping to make the switch to a WCD using the VersaFrame products. Mounting things to our frame has always been a poorly thought-out process for us, and I hope the VersaFrame system will at least force the designers to figure out mounting BEFORE Weeks 5 & 6. Also, I think the process of making a chassis from scratch (sort of) will let the students and designers actually think through how the drivetrain works, and let them have a little control over the most important part of the robot.