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this is a long thread so I'll try to be short. In our two years we were not fortunate enough to have 3 days to work on our robot anyway, so this more or less reflects what we've done already. Our first year at nats "2000" we encountered mechanical problems and did not perform very well even though we were in the finals at Houston. We did win the Nat rookie allstar. We learned a valuable lesson build tough, even for last years friendlier comp. We succeeded in not having any failures for the two events last year. I believe this does level the field a little more.
The overwhelming support and help by teams at the events is what sold me to continue on as a mentor. It is a lot of work and time away from my family (my wife is very supportive) It is this support and spirit of "i don't win unless others win also" that kept me from leaving after 1 year.
Remember there are more important things than the robot, it is just an ends to a means. Put your focus on competing as well as you can and spread GP throughout .
Winning at all costs is not necessarily a win.
I do wish we could send extra identical spare parts after the intial 6 weeks but Oh well.
Hang in there only 2 more weeks.
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