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Re: Personal Reflections from 2011
I can't tell you how many times I wavered on floor loading or not floor loading during the first three weeks of build. I'm pretty sure Nick and I both flipped back and forth at least twice, arguing with each other constantly over which was actually the best call for either of us. At one point we made a bet, where if I won a regional without floor loading, I'd win, and if he won a regional floor loading, he'd win. Neither of us won the bet.
In the end, Nick and 1503 absolutely made the right call, and it's something I wish I didn't push so hard for on 2791's machine. The floor loading wasn't the cause of our problems, but if we focused on slot loading we would have had time to fix them.
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Mentor / Drive Coach: 228 (2016-?)
--2016 Waterbury SFs (with 3314, 3719), RIDE #2 Seed / Winners (with 1058, 6153), Carver QFs (with 503, 359, 4607)
Mentor / Consultant Person: 2170 (2017-?)
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College Mentor: 2791 (2010-2015)
-- 2015 TVR Motorola Quality, FLR GM Industrial Design -- 2014 FLR Motorola Quality / SFs (with 341, 4930)
-- 2013 BAE Motorola Quality, WPI Regional #1 Seed / Delphi Excellence in Engineering / Finalists (with 20, 3182)
-- 2012 BAE Imagery / Finalists (with 1519, 885), CT Xerox Creativity / SFs (with 2168, 118)
Student: 1714 (2009) - 2009 MN 10K Lakes Regional Winners (with 2826, 2470)
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