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Originally Posted by Dave Scheck
At the end of the day, we made a realization that we weren't taking into account the difference between the wood spider feet and the diamond plate ones.
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Actually, while the diamond plate/wood issue was one of the potential problems we looked into, it ended up being a red herring. We never made any changes for that. The actual root cause ended up being the way the rack was assembled on the real field: the center piece of the bottom spider was hanging lower than the ends of the feet by a significant amount. This made the spider feet point upwards a little bit. We had to point our sensor down somewhat to account for this discrepancy.
Anyway, I too would like to thank 1504 and 302 for letting us take part in that great alliance. Looking at the amazing list of teams that we were able to get past in the quarter's and semi's and knowing that we had actually won the last match if it hadn't been for a penalty tells me that it was really an awesome partnership! Hope to see you all again in Atlanta.
Additionally, I would like to really thank all the staff and volunteers at West Michigan as well. Our whole team really noticed how nice everyone was at the regional and what a positive impact that had on our experience. This regional along with Boilermaker in 2005 are by far my top two favorite regional events that I have attended. I hope we get the chance to return next year!