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Originally Posted by BurtGummer
I didn't get to look around at Atlanta, but what other teams would you consider having that wow factor? Personally I consider a 22 pound disk rotating at 1400rpm, or ours a 7lb disk at 5200 rpm a 'wow' device. Getting something like a control moment gyroscope to work is not only more difficult than you think, but it takes ALOT of careful building. With such a high speed and high energy device, safety is a huge concern. It's more "Wow" than a crab drive imo.
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thanks for making my point for me. there was no wow factor to begin with. FIRST gave us size limitations, specific wheels that we couldn't tamper with, and a half page checklist on BUMPERS!!! this honestly took all the creativity out of the game... you couldn't have a robot that would intentionally tip it's trailer over, you couldn't have a robot that could remove moon rocks from it's trailer, you couldn't really use omni wheels. thus, out of the smoke came four designs that succeeded.... i've seen MUCH more variety than this in previous years game..... heck, all you have to do is look back to last year or the year before and you would understand exactly what im talking about.
I'll give you the fact that they won with a gyroscope, and that's something difficult to do, what i meant was there was potential for SO MUCH MORE creativity and yet, FIRST made sure we stayed inside the box.