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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19
 WOW nice analysis man, I'm just looking forward to see how the game will be played.
There are a couple key moments and I'm curious to see how important they will be.
The amount of laps in hybrid mode Are teams just going to make it half way around and run into the robots that don't have a hybrid? If so, is the 8 pts they've gotten really significant Final placing Will doing another lap and hurdle out weigh the cost of placement? similar to how some robots negated enough points with spoilers that the lift didn't always matter What will be the most annoying call? last year it was the ramp on the tubes, this year...possibly the hitting the ground first before counting for some robots... What will be the most important factor? Hybrid, tele-operated, early, mid, late, or all? Looking forward to seeing the answers tomorrow  Good Luck in 08 |
Amount of laps in hybrid, my prediction, unless you have some way of seeing other robots and avoiding them don't even try to go to the far side. Ok, just for fun lets see how many you can do,lets assume 15 fps (its a nice number I know the multiples of) down the field from start to the other end lets call 50 ft so minimally 3.3 seconds. Now if you try to take that turn at 15 fps you better have some low Cg otherwise I see someone taking out the driver station. Let us just say 2 seconds for that time maybe someone can do it in 1 but most teams won't. so right now, 5.3 seconds for 1/2 a lap. 10.6 for 1 lap so my prediction, 1.5 laps on an unobstructed field.
For 397 the lap and hurdle is worth more than the place, it depends on the team. Arms will be able to place better than a shooter. I am seeing teams passing the ball back across the line after they hurdle it so that an alliance robot can place.
Most annoying call? For shooters it is going to be the ball touching something else, not a problem for us because of where we shoot from and the speed the ball ends up going at. But for some shooters it may be a problem. For arms? Remember Tetras? 8lb ball 7 feet in the air is dangerous. I hope they call teams on it. I don't want to see anyone get hurt.
Hybrid will be important, but I think hurdling will be more important. That is 10 points a lap. But the crucial factor in how effective a team is will be how fast can they hunt down that ball and get a hold of it.
And btw, very nice analysis. I concur that 503 has the potential to be very good. 2005 the looked amazing.