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Unread 09-01-2017, 10:03
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Re: 2017 Drive Train

In my view, if you haven't built a swerve drive or H drive or mecanuum drive and had your coders code it and your drivers drive it, you really need to stick to tank drive this year.

The practice time you will lose with your robot is just not going to be able to be overcome by the extra features you are imagining you will have.

Finish early. Give your coders coding time and your drivers practice time and your whole team time to iterate and improve your robot. THAT is the way to be playing after lunch on the last day of the tournament*.

Dr. Joe J.

*said the guy who designed his first Swerve Drive for Ladder Logic (1998 season). Chief Delphi won 3 blue banners with CD3. I KNOW that drive trains matter. But driver practice matters more. A LOT more.
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