8 Batteries -or- 10 Batteries at Competition

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by JesseK

So you may be able to shift your question to more of a "why are our batteries being drained so much during a single match?" type of perspective if you really feel you must have 8 batteries available for an event.

Some teams design systems that are very overpowered, but purposefully so, for a large performance benefit.

I know teams with high capacity and fast dumpers in 09 like us and 254 used some serious battery when scoring, but it was worth it for the speed of scoring.

Also, gearing for 17 fps or so in drive results in some real performance gains if the driver can handle it, but consequently you're using a lot more battery.

We're not draining a battery per match, we make sure of that much, but we're not getting 20 minutes out of a battery.