Driving Practice

[GMadCoolGirl]

I suggest having your mentors dance around in their underwear while you drive, if you can focus while that is occurring, you will have no problem remaining focused on the robot during matches.

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

I suggest having your mentors dance around in their underwear while you drive, if you can focus while that is occurring, you will have no problem remaining focused on the robot during matches.

Sounds like an interesting strategy...pretty cool if you ask me.

[GMadCoolGirl]

so cool you will need a jacket

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

so cool you will need a jacket

So are we talking about something as cool as a refrigerator?

[GMadCoolGirl]

Originally Posted by Maffalfa

So are we talking about something as cool as a refrigerator?

yeah... you may need to hop in the dryer afterwards

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

yeah... you may need to hop in the dryer afterwards

Really? I was thinking more like the grill or something but that's just me I guess.

[GMadCoolGirl]

Originally Posted by Maffalfa

Really? I was thinking more like the grill or something but that's just me I guess.

I suppose that could be another option... it is a matter of preference

what ever works best for you

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

I suppose that could be another option... it is a matter of preference

what ever works best for you

Yeah I guess.

Do you think driving practice with a dog around would be distracting?

[GMadCoolGirl]

Originally Posted by Maffalfa

Yeah I guess.

Do you think driving practice with a dog around would be distracting?

definitely... especially if a couple cool people are there

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

definitely... especially if a couple cool people are there

Distracting for me though? I mean maybe for you, but for me?

[GMadCoolGirl]

Originally Posted by Maffalfa

Distracting for me though? I mean maybe for you, but for me?

I mean you would be driving, so as long as you aren't distracted... I don't need to focus on that so i can focus on not having the dog be hurt

[Maffalfa]

Originally Posted by GMadCoolGirl

I mean you would be driving, so as long as you aren't distracted... I don't need to focus on that so i can focus on not having the dog be hurt

How would the dog get hurt?

[logank013]

If possible, ask your programmer if they can program multiple types of joysticks. Our driver this year preferred using an xbox 360 controller for joysticks. Some drivers like the big joysticks used for things like airplane simulations. Also ask if you can have the style of joysticks programmed differently too. For instance, a normal tank drive can have different ways of driving it. Some prefer to have the left joystick control the left side front and back and the right joystick control the right side front and back. Our driver this year liked having the left joystick control front and back for both sides of the tank and liked having the right joystick control rotating clockwise and counterclockwise. Plus, it'd be a good little programming exercise.

[dirtbikerxz]

Get a controller and program controls that you like to use, not what your mentor or programmer says is the smart thing to do. Obviously listen to their advice, but if you don't like it do what you like. You are the driver, you need to use controls and a controller that you like.

I personally used a Xbox One Controller last year, and this year I got myself an Xbox one elite controller, purely because the paddles on the back make a couple of things easier to do and remember placements.