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We've paid to play!
Posted by Scott Strickland.

Engineer on team #21, ComBBAT, from Astronaut & Titusville High School and Boeing/NASA.

Posted on 1/17/2000 7:44 PM MST


In Reply to: Consider the following... posted by Joe Johnson on 1/17/2000 7:02 PM MST:



I understand FIRST's commitment to fair play. Yes the veteran teams have a huge advantage with motors, parts and experience from previous years. With more time, almost any mechanism can be improved. Some of my best ideas have come after the robot is in the box.

BUT!

FIRST should allow the teams to do whatever it takes to have a working robot on the field. Some kind of allowance must be made to teams that have been damaged in previous events. We didn't pay a $4k entrance fee and transport teams across country to watch our robot sit in a corner.

Well, actually we have done that before... last year in Detroit. Our drive shaft broke nearly every time in Detroit after working fine at KSC until the last match. After a lot of input from veteran teams, we slightly modified a drive axle between the Detroit regional and nationals. This is now against the rules. Had we not done this we would have watched our robot sit in a corner for another $4k. That minor modification allowed us to be selected as a finals partner. The modification did not change the function or design of our robot other than allowing it to WORK!

There is nothing more disheartening to a team then watching your robot sit helplessly in its starting box.

A ComBBAT Veteran.


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