Turning back the clock 2012

[Hawiian Cadder]

I would have chosen to go 3/16 center drop instead of 1/8, it worked well until the middle tread wore more than the outer tread, the robot still turned, just not in the smooth arcs that I had hoped for.

I would have rocked our entire tower back, so that the balls were released more towards the inside of the robot, allowing 3pt fender shots. (the current shooting geometry necessitates being about 24 inches back from the fender for 3 pointers, though it does dunk 2's really well. This change would have taken less than an hour if we had foreseen the problem before making electronics boards. We might make the change for an off season event.

I would have abandoned a drive train powered bridge lowering device earlier. the winch powered arm we put on at competition worked much better and was simpler/lighter.

Only 1 major regret about the robot, and 2 minor ones. I fell that we had a pretty successful season.