[JesseK]

I don't think the posts in this thread are indicative of a 'lack' of problems that were experienced.

1.) The FTC organizers need to send out something official to all of the teams in TIMS about best practices in mounting the modules. Go to an FTC event and ask around about ChiefDelphi ... very few (rarely ever a first-year team) have heard of the website.
2.) Telling students their battery voltage dipped during the match (which is why the module dropped out), yet not allowing the students to see how bad the drop was (length of time, amount) in order to determine whether or not to return a brand new 13.7V battery back to the mfr. is not the way an FTA MVP should treat people he wants to sustain within his program long term
3.) If we're expected to have proper battery voltage meters, SEND IT OUT IN AN OFFICIAL UPDATE. As 'smart' as the mentors are, we are incredibly dumb about the many things we can't even fathom postulating, let alone knowing we need the something. (The flip side it true as well)
4.) Fact: if we ever change communications modules again in FTC, we will forgo the FTC program. Sure the 4 teams we have are nobodys, but we've gone through this exact experience twice now. A robot sitting still on the field doing nothing is not a way to 'Celebrate' the accomplishments of the students. We are tired of being an 'experiment' for the lowest bidder. It is very obvious the Samantha modules were not shock tested one bit. Even with a proper USB attachment to the frame, I could thump the thing and reset it.