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Re: Batteries

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Originally Posted by JVN
Then... within 2 years... someone would be calling out for 142lbs, because:
"An extra 6 lbs to play with, would make a big difference in what we could do!"

Then... within 2 years of that... 148lbs, because (you guessed it):
"An extra 6 lbs...."

This is why it's an engineering design challenge!
If you want it to be easy, go do battlebots .

Besides Jeff,
would you really WANT to give Wildstang 6 more lbs of aluminum?
I mean... jeez.


John
Exactly... no matter how much FIRST would increase the weight limit (or lighten batteries, as the case may be here), people will still complain that they need more weight to work with, because they didn't budget their weight, or are trying to do something too large and complex. Being able to fit everything into the constraints is just part of the challenge of FIRST.
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