[Mr. Lim]

Hey Stephanie,

I'll share our experiences with 188's "Trap Door." Every year, several things go wrong with the robot, and inevitably you have to do some troubleshooting, or some rewiring. We had to add a spike to our setup because we had to switch some single solenoids over to double solenoids in Pittsburgh.

We probably couldn't have done this without missing a match if it wasn't for the trap door accessibility.

There are always improvements that can be made however:

1) Both the top and bottom layers were made of wood. This was really light, made mounting components easy, but by the end of the season, our bottom board was smashed up pretty good. We'll probably use lexan for the bottom board this year.

2) Disconnects to every motor.

3) Better wiring diagram, right on the board.