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Re: How slow is too slow?

I agree, 16 fps (give or take) was too much for that game, especially with the configuration of that robot. Not tipping every match required great care on the part of the drive team, and hard turning manoeuvres and dime-stops with the arms up were perilous (we never tipped ourselves, by the way). It was quite hard to control. Mind you, the freakishly high speed was useful once in a while.

Archimedes Match 53.

That being said, what we needed last year was a smaller gap between gear speeds; 16 is too high and 4 is too low. The truth is that everything is changed by a shifting tranny; that is, George1083 is absolutely right (with regard to his last comment), but only in the case of single-speed gearboxes. The truth is, limiting yourself to 10 fps (well, 10 isn't that bad, but 8 for example) in your high gear ratio is a severe limitation of your ability to take control of the field and in its nature limits possible strategies.

In any case, as the bottom line has always been, you can't tack on a speed to shoot for. We've tried to many a time on CD. As was demonstrated in this thread already, 639 and 60 were both winning robots with different philosophies. Setting a 'magic number' is just plain silly, especially for teams with the means to build really advanced stuff.
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Last edited by jonathan lall : 12-10-2004 at 00:06. Reason: Jeff posted about 53 at the same time. I guess I'm right!