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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
A hard lesson learned a long time ago is to build 1" under-size to prevent problems like this. Do you ever really need 100% of the allowed dimensions?
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We did, but that wasn't the problem...because we did build 1" under it was a simple(r) fix.
I would like to point out to point out that I actually had to apologize to Mr. Martus today because of this thread because people misconstrued what I was aiming to point out. I in no way meant any offense to him or any other inspectors and I did say that in my original post. I just wanted to point out the fact that the rules/updates system is difficult and minor technicalities are really getting to us.
Other examples of frustration from little things that happened this weekend at MSC:
1) We were informed Friday (along with half a dozen other teams) that we are not allowed to use an off-board compressor when we have an on-board one because of power distribution rules that state our air needs to come from that battery. While this literally makes no difference other than the pain in the neck that is connecting with the robot. Our team has been doing this for 3 years and no one has ever said anything and that rule has apparently always been in place. We assumed we were fine because there is nothing in the pneumatics rules regarding this and we see other teams do it. We DO read all the rules, but we aren't perfect we occasionally miss things. It isn't that we're an irresponsible team who isn't paying attention. 397 has been around for 10 years. Why is something like this just now being pointed out to us.
2) During QF 3 Match 1, Dave introduced 217,67, 2612 in his usual elaborate manner. We have a slight problem with losing pressure over time in our pneumatics and we NEED pressure to kick in auton. I asked during the introduction if we could just re-tether while he was introducing us and add more air so we wouldn't have the problem and I was told no. The long introduction caused our auton to fail. 67 stole those two balls from us right away in tele-op. While yes this is a problem with OUR robot our solution was to just charge it right before the match but between wait time for teams to get off the field, and set up, and the 5 minute introduction it was just too much time wasted before the match. It wasn't anyone's fault it's just another frustration.
3) I am shocked at actions I've seen teams do and things I've heard teams say. I also am very frustrated with the way people have been treated lately in FIRST. 469 has been bashed to a point that sickens me, and the little Update #20 stunt was, in my opinion, offensive, but I will not go into that because there are other threads for it.
4) My parents were sitting (taking up two seats) in the stands in a somewhat unoccupied area. An adult from another team approached them and told them "You have to move this is where our team is sitting, we've been here for the past two days." My mom, in shock that someone just said that to her, stood her ground and stated the venue rule: you can't save seats. If they has asked politely it wouldn't have been a problem, but...REALLY? How would your grandma react to that. That team sat watched the quarterfinals and then half of them got up and left leaving a large amount of empty seats.
I understand not every team gets the GP concept and that no program is perfect but I would like to say that my experience this weekend was certainly less than ideal that has nothing to do with my teams performance, but it was just all the little things adding up.