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Revision: From a Driver ~ Team 69 :o)
Posted by Lora Knepper.

Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.

Posted on 2/26/2000 7:47 AM MST


In Reply to: From a Driver ~ Team 69 posted by Lora Knepper on 2/26/2000 7:11 AM MST:



Ok. ummm, after reading Kate's post, I think I was a little off the mark. So I will attempt to elaborate.

This year was an odd one, it deviated greatly from the norm for us. We started with a final drive train base, when most times we'd run trials on the proto base. And our base wasn't even done when we held trails, so, it pains me to say this, we used....Remote controlled cars. (Kate, stop laughing)

So, now that I sit and think about it, my original post is the 'normal' routine, and this year was just odd..

Personality and ability under pressure are still keys, and because of this, the best run may not be a driver. It's all added up together. So, we had 3 drivers before the drive base was done. I was designated the arm operator (the job I usually hold) and then as we got some meager practice (a minute here and there during the last 3 days), a decision was made on the primary base driver and the alternate. I throw in my input durning this process too, because I'm the only veteran driver left on the team. Though the final decision comes down to the teachers and the sponsor. Ok...this looks a little better. If you want any more info, just ask!

Lora
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