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Re: Favourite/Most Useful Whitepapers

Chris Hibner's drivetrain white paper is the fundamentals we skip over by starting with drop-center 6WD.

K-Botics' reversible bumper white paper has been used several times by my teams. If there are red and blue bumpers and you can't build a single-piece bumper in both colors, build these.

Ian Mackenzie's omnidirectional drive system white paper covers a lot of stuff that is still screwed up by teams to this day.

Marshall's white paper on converting an old 900 robot to use a HERO is a modern classic. I see that board becoming a popular option going forward. (Full disclosure, my employer sells HERO boards. And Talon SRXs. And lots of other robot parts, obviously.)

You'll notice that many of these are old as dirt. Lots of stuff has gone on team sites and cloud hosting over the years, so feel free to give them the nudge to post it over here too.
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2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor

93 events (more than will fit in a ChiefDelphi signature), 13 seasons, over 60,000 miles, and still on a mission from Bob.

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