22-08-2004, 12:03
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...and you can't! teach! that!
 FRC #5402 (Iron Kings); no team (AndyMark) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: The Land of the Kokomese, IN
Posts: 8,475
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Re: Weight
I'm down with the above arguements, but I see two problems.
1) I do recall reading (although I can't say this officially) that FIRST robots as we know and love today are sized so that two average people can lift it and carry them through a normal doorway. Adding another ten pounds would start to make it harder to carry.
2) Adding weight starts us down a slippery slope. If in 2005 we get more weight, everyone'll jump for joy. Then we'll max out that extra ten pounds or so. Then we'll start complaining for more weight, since we got it last year. This, in turn, contributes to problem number one.
Just my thought process.
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