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Re: What autonomous modes will teams have?
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Originally Posted by pmattin5459
Does two gears actually give you any more points than one? I believe that you need one gear to get the first rotor spinning, and then two for the next rotor, for a total of 3 if you want a 120pt auto, and you can't use the gear included in the airship until teleop begins. Certainly a two gear auto is better than just one, as it gives you a nice head start on one of your rotors (that can have its second gear slotted in as soon as teleop begins) but doesn't really give you those auto bonus points for the second rotor.
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It doesn't, you are correct that you need all 3 gears for the 2nd rotor bonus. This is part of why the consensus is it will almost never happen, the value of a 2 gear auto is less than a hopper dump + boiler auto which has the potential for 40+ points if perfected. 2 gear auto only makes sense to consider if you can't handle fuel in auto or someone else can better, and even then the coordination to pull it off is difficult.
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