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Re: How slow is too slow?

That comment struck me too. Last year our bot went around 4'/s and that was good for the space we had to work with. I think I would have made it 5-6'/s in hindsight. But blinding slow to me would be 2-3 or less. Also our chassis was somewhat fragile to high speed impact - as Tytus rammed a goal during testing at high speed (around 8'/s) and put a 2" dent in the front of it. So we had to slow her down or we would have to put it on the rack after every match. I think if you want to go faster than 6-7/fps you better build it tough, cuz thats quite an impact you're going to make on the field and other bots.

Although this year we do plan to design for 9'/s
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