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Posted by Ben.

Student on team #245 from Rochester Adams H.S. and Siemens Automotive.

Posted on 11/16/99 7:05 AM MST


In Reply to: Re: Imaging a modular tank... posted by Michael Martus on 11/7/99 7:34 PM MST:



well in terms of the benefit of bigger budget, bigger teams is always going to be there until a semi-socialist policy of passing all the money out equally is started. No offense but communism didn't work in russia and i don't think it'll work for FIRST either.

Anyways that said just to throw in the two cents from us first lonies up at Adams High school, we built an absolute 130 lb aluminum beast last year. We did that just because we knew as a small team (15 with a budget in the low 5 figures) we weren't going to be able to do major welding or major re-design work at/nor after any regional. We went very hap-hazardly to Yipsy and bolted on 2-3 ideas that thursday that we built after the robot shipped... was that technically cheating? maybe but we felt that was the way to even things up between us and the teams that went to multi-regionals. I difinitely see us doing that again now that the extra 3 days is gone. However that is right that now the teams with the CAD know-how and better drafting skills and the team that takes the time to put everything on paper will have an advantage, but i really don't think this is a luxury only of the high budget teams. Not to support illegal copyright cracking or anything, but pirated copies of software are distributed between a lot of our team members... Any team that can't offord a copy of autocad or studio maxx or whatever should maybe look into disavowing all knowledge of where the software came from and just get the job done. Or perhaps give autodesk a call and see what they can do for you.
Outside of that I kind of like this new rule, it adds the subject of reliability and durability to any design idea some proposes. It's more real world like in that sense. Whereas last year we could say ok bolt it on and use it for a couple of matches and throw it out, now we have to think a little more about the different stresses involved.
Ben


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