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Re: Drive Systems... ...The FIRST Arms Race?
Too many motors in the kit? bah. We're using 5 this year. Time will tell if we are good in 07 or not. Comparing what I see now with how we have stacked up over the last 10 years, I like our chances.
Each year, you can find teams with simple designs and low amounts of motors winning matches consistently.
More motors = designs that try to do it all = difficult to control robots = lost matches = frustration.
Sure, FIRST gave teams 16 motors in the kit. I agree it is too much, but for a different reason. If a team is silly enough to use them all, then they have other problems that will bog them down for the season (too heavy, lack of control, etc.)
Best of luck to all,
Andy B.
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