Octocanum Drive/ Mecanum Suspension Designs?

[lark95]

hi all, just thought i would chime in.
this year we used with no suspension and no gyro on a very stiff overbuild 80/20 frame. the only problems we had with driving was when going over the end of the scoring platform when only two wheels were on the floor.

Also though we had some of the most drive practice we have ever had,(about 50-60 hours) As primary driver i already had one years experience.

So my question is this. Is there any advantage to spending an extra week or two in the build season to design these complex drives, coding gyros, and building suspension if those few weeks could have been devoted to the drive team practice? I know this year it paid off to go simple. We made it to the finals in Milwaukee.