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Originally Posted by jgannon
I'm curious to see which setting teams use for the Victors on their drive train. We used Coast last year, but while I was testing my new drive code, I set them all to Brake, and I felt like I had much more control. I'll probably leave them on Brake when we build the real robot.
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I've used both, it depends on your goals.
My first FIRST robot, in 2002, I had the Victors set to Coast. The reason being, there was a scoring feature similar to this year's game where any (not all) robot back in the zone right in front of the driver station got you 10 points. By putting the Victors on Coast, it allowed me as a driver to wait until about two seconds left before just hitting the joysticks on full and zoom up to full speed, and then the match would end and power would be cut. But with all the momentum my robot had, it would fly across the line and one time hit the diamond plate so hard I actually scared a few of my teammates.
However, you may also want it to be on Brake, especially this year, because if you plan on stacking any tetras, as you are sitting in front of the goal, you don't want to be pushed around. Brake mode doesn't eliminate pushing, but it definitely makes a big difference in how hard it is to push you.
Lastly, you may want to figure out a way to alternate, if your strategy depends on getting back in the last few seconds. I've never tried to switch them during a match, but it is possible, the Victor polls those pins something like 100 times a second.