22-07-2007, 20:06
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I live for the details.
 FRC #3620 (Average Joes) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Southwestern Michigan
Posts: 3,646
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Re: AndyMark transmissions at IRI
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Originally Posted by Chris Fultz
I saw them and they look really bad.
Heavy plates, thin gears, unreliable shifting.
I am not sure what Andy and MArk are thinking on this one.
I don't think any teams should use them in 2008.
HOWEVER, Team 234 will volunteer to use these "unproven" devices in 2008 and then report back to the other 1500 FIRST teams on how they do. Then, maybe you can consider them for 2009.
I know, I know, this is a big sacrifice for us to take, but we are willing to do this as a sign of true Gracious Professionalism.
It just seems like the right thing to do.
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Nice try, Chris.
However, I think in the interest of statistically valid engineering test results, 931 will graciously undertake the same experiment. 
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 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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