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Re: Wildstang 2012: After The Game

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Let me try address all the questions/comments in the posts...

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
So many times it seems like the power house teams just know how to do it right because we don't see all the iterations that happen in the background.
As with anything, there is a lot to be said for experience in knowing where to start, but there is also a lot (possibly more) to be said for the experience in being able to iterate quickly, identify problems, and be confident with change.

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I really love in the chassis section the slow motion turning hop. This is a great way to document the pros/cons of descisions made during the season.
The high-speed (from a point & shoot) helped out a number of times through the season. Even though the design was done at that point, it allowed us to react to the issues we were seeing ahead of time, rather than see what happened on the field if we left it as it.

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I really liked how you talked a lot about the failures of the initial designs, and your solutions to all of them. It really shows that you have to continually redesign and fix the weak points of any robot to stay on top in FRC.
We took continuous improvement to the extreme this year

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This really taught me that you shouldn't be afraid to completely change a design in the robot, at any moment.
Continuing from the last point.. No, don't be afraid, but make sure it is a very carefully considered change, and one within your means/abilities. If you've spent 6 weeks designing and building your robot, make sure that change is the right change to make!

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As a few said before, it really is incredible to see how drastically your design changed - especially before champs! Wow!
Champs alone would be a whole extra video ...

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It is great that you guys decided to put them together, and even better than you decided to share with the community.
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Originally Posted by Starke View Post
It is great to see teams accepting the challenges put on by JVN and others. The FIRST community will only benefit from learning about how you came up with your designs, what worked, did not work, and would be changed for the future.
While I wasn't thinking of the challenge when doing this, I would love to see more teams do this in the future. Any team! Apart from thinking back on the season, these aren't much more than what you'd get if you talked to us in the pits. But, it's now available to everyone. I didn't really get to see anyone in the pits this year, and would love to see in detail what some other teams did.
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