[Doug G]

Congrats again on the CA this year - well deserved!!

Did you powdercoat in that trailer? You mentioned about doing it all "in house" and wondered if that also meant "in trailer" as well.

I can't agree more about have a frame done by the third week. The past couple years, we try to have a frame welded and ready by the end of the second week. We have yet to do any powder coating though. Unfortunately, this year we didn't finish it until the end of the third week. In 2007, we had the whole bot done during the 5th week. That allowed us to utilize almost a full week of practice, programming, and tweaking. It's amazing how more competitive you are when you have a week to practice and perfect the robot.