Fuel Vs. Gears

[TimTheGreat]

Originally Posted by Aventek

My team (3019) has decided to go for gears and here is our logic:[indent]For autonomous the gear is a clear winner, even if you shot and made all ten high goal shots in auto that is only 10 points, and if you shot all ten in low goal that is even worse at 3 points.

I don't think you should think about just the points. Think about the kPA too. If you put the gear on during auto, you do get those 60 points, which sounds like a dream because it's so easy. But consider this.

You score 10 points, but also gain 10 kPA. You're 50 points behind what you would be, yet 10 kPA closer to threshold pressure of 40. Now in teleop, you collect a gear, and put it on the peg. Now you get the 40 points because the rotor is on. So we're at 10 kPA and 50 pts (10 pts behind). If you went with the gear, you'd need to shoot 30 balls in to catch up to kPa.