Pre-Championship Musings from JVN 2011

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by JVN

If all the minibots (at the elite level) are within tenths of a second of each other... what will make the difference? Who triggers first? Who gets a small head-start that a referee doesn't see? Which tower has a slippery spot? A straight up minibot race has turned into somewhat of a coin-flip. You'd better hope your minibot doesn't hiccup at the wrong moment and send you home early. Scary, isn't it? I mean... we're fighting for tenths of a second. If your pit crew tweaks something accidentally and adds a bit of drag to a shaft, it could cost you a race, it could cost you the Championship...

Yep, very scary - and the biggest reason (among many others) that I am just not a fan of this years' minibot challenge.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Jared341

Yep, very scary - and the biggest reason (among many others) that I am just not a fan of this years' minibot challenge.

Ditto. I think this is the year championship is won by the finalists getting red carded. Some one will try jump the gun on deployment and that be how it is decided.

[roystur44]

It may be mili seconds and faster than the eye can see but it looks to me that the top teams use timer deployed minibots and are deploying before go. The only way one can truly see it is by slow motion replay on a high speed camera.



Go 148!!! You guys are my pick for champs

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by roystur44

It may be mili seconds and faster than the eye can see but it looks to me that the top teams use timer deployed minibots and are deploying before go. The only way one can truly see it is by slow motion replay on a high speed camera.

Roy

Even then, it all starts with when you push that button and how fast your minibot get out on the pole.

I really wish it was a set bonus.

[roystur44]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Even then, it all starts with when you push that button and how fast your minibot get out on the pole.

I really wish it was a set bonus.

Our minibot was deployed by the CRIO using software. We set our start time at exactly 1:50. Our drive team held down the fire button during end game and the crio would release the minibot at the exact time.

[David Dawson]

To be honest I don't think I would have even been a mentor if it wasn't for this blog.. One day the Yooper Troopers will be on 148's level just by learning how the pros do it. John just change the blogs title to mentoring for dummies.