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Re: Clueless Newbies
Hey, remember 8 hours is actually a lot of practice time. If you do 1 hours blocks, that is 8 1 hour blocks. More realistically is 4 2 hour blocks.
Plan ahead. Have both your batteries fully charged. Pull the bot out, hook it up and make sure the systems work. Then run an Autonomous routine. Take notes, run it twice, then turn it over to the drive team.
For your team, practice picking up balls and driving around. Work on communication between teh drivers. They need to tell each other exactly what they are doing. The drivers need to practice "soft hands". Unless you do some open loop traction control (call me we can talk), your drivers will need to practice throttle modulation. I saw the videos, and they are spinning the wheels on lenoleum quite a bit. The FRP material is even slicker. This took our drive All Friday to understand.
Last but certainly not least, get your weight up to at least 100 pounds. This game has gotten a lot more defensive than I expected. Pushing and being pushed is really important.
If you guys need some assistance this week, give me a call. The Bees are primarily just working on Monday. I could swing by some time this week after work. Also, I have a couple 33 kids that want to help you guys at the competition. Explain pit strategy and scouting. Best of luck.
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