pic: Final 2011 Drivetrain

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I'm sorry but this seems like a ridiculous design. Some classic rookie mistake IMO.

1. There is limited space for putting sweet magnets on your robot. Switch to steel, the sweet magnets will be abundant.

2. Decagons? Aluminum comes in rectangular blocks, not decagonal blocks. Using squares would save you a lot of fabrication time.

3. None of the wheels come out the side of your robot. Think about this. Your robot has 12 sides (10 veritcal planes plus top and bottom) and you can only drive it if the bottom face stays on the bottom? You clearly have no chance of doing some sweet side-riding.

4. I do not see any wings. If you plan to go that fast, why not put some wings on it and try to catch air for a few seconds?

5. Creativity is minimal here. Come on, you don't think we've all seen the "Holonomic, decagonal wheeled, high traction, 154 fps, solid aluminum block" robot before? This is old hat my friend.

Finally, I would like to say how surprised I am that nobody pointed out these flaws earlier. I'm lucky I did, as I really would hate to see so much time going into a design and then forgetting about sweet magnet space. Good luck this year. Best thread I have read in a while.