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Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski
and i don't believe this stuff from certain ppl that the students can't handle the speed (with enough practice they should be fine)...btw did anyone see 25 in 2003 fly around, and 60/254 in 2004.....? "speed is king" imho....
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If you were referring to my point, I wasn't saying that some people just cant drive fast. I'd hazard a guess that maybe 5% of all FIRST teams get a significant amount of practice time in before ship. The rest either havent finished their robots, or barely finished.
Once regionals roll around, the teams that practiced are going to do well and get more practice. The teams that didn't finish the bot are going to use the practice rounds to finish it, and maybe even some/most of the qualifying rounds. Those that finished the bot have time in the practice and qualifying rounds to learn to drive the bot.
So basically, for the average FIRST team, it takes AT LEAST one regional to become familiar with the robot, some maybe even two. Most teams attend one regional (and perhaps nationals) some attend two (nats, possibly) and hardly any attend 3 regionals (nats as a possibility again).
So unless you've had that practice time before build ends, or you have a second bot, or an old one that handles similarly, most teams dont have much practice at all coming into their first, or even second event, which makes having a very fast robot tough on the drivers.