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Originally Posted by team222badbrad
The 3,500 budget is fine. This is a good balance for teams that do not have much money and teams that have too much money.
If anything weight in the robot without the battery. I have seen batteries that have a weight difference of .3 pounds.
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I have actually heard a story... not sure if it is true (I'm full of rumors this week
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There was a team who one year couldn't make the weight. In order to make weight they emptied the contents (lead, acid, whatever) out of the battery. They went to the inspection booth with their faux battery. They were snagged when the inpector asked for them to turn on their robot to verify the team number was set correctly on the robot controller.
"Could you please turn your robot on so I can verify your team number is set properly."
"Uhhh.. Uhh... hold on let us get a fresh battery from our pits."
"I don't need to see it move, I just need to see the RC turn on..."
"Uhh....Uhhh...."