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Originally Posted by evanperryg
The problem with having such an insanely high gear is that the robot will be very hard to control. Another issue with such a huge difference in gearing is momentum. This year, my team used AM supershifters at 5/12fps. If we we were in high gear then switched to low at full speed, we would tip over 75-80% of the time. Imagine how bad it would be going between 17 and 5.
I'm pretty sure 111 did a 3-speed this year. Also, how could 4 speeds possibly be beneficial, even as an autoshift?
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Back then we had a lot less power, to get reasonable acceleration and still have a high top speed was hard.
That is why I think that the Chairman's Award is better. You can have a great robot and something weird happen to your alliance and you are out. If you have a great team and win the Chairman's Award you are in the Hall of Fame forever. - WEHickok [more] 
15-08-2013, 15:22
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