So this year I just KNEW that our robot would be over weight. It always is. But after 5 weeks... The only thing I could still come up with was drilling holes. We needed everything to much. About 2 hours after getting it out of the bag, it hit me. Within 30 seconds I designed the kicker to work with 2 pistons instead of 3. We weighed ourselves, 2 pounds over.
A lot less than I expected. Pulled off a piston, 119! Something that I just KNEW would be impossible, was fixed by simply looking at it with a fresh mind.
Another thing I would say is in the design. Does anyone else have times when they sit there for hours thinking about something and how to fix this one little problem, and then someone walks in and tells you the solution? I know that has happened to me many times. I am always shocked at how simple an impossible solution is.
-Rion