Here's something interesting...

[Ian W.]

Originally posted by Andrew

On a side note, I only discovered recently that the RC is active while in disable mode. It occurs that an autonomous program that just sends the robot forward when the motors are enabled could gain 1-2 seconds before a driver could react. Until last year, I don't think every second counted.

yes, i noticed this too. our robot had a ramping section of code, so the motors wouldn't violently jump around from full forward to full reverse in two tenths of a second (we're a bit cautious ). that meant the robot took maybe a second or so to react sometimes, although i've grown to like the delay, as i feel i can usually drive a little better with it. i did notice though, if i started the match with the joysticks pushed full forward, the robot would fly away at full speed as soon as the match began. very useful information to know .