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View Poll Results: Reasonable and achievable or shoot for the stars?
Reasonable and acheivable 87 60.84%
Shoot for the stars 56 39.16%
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Re: Poll: Reasonable and achievable, or shooting for the stars?

Some very interesting and thought provoking responses here.

In my experience, the times I've learned the most and felt the most inspired as a student on the team were when we chose an ambitious design or mechanism and put in a lot of time and effort to refine it and make it work. Even if it means struggling at the first competition or working long hours before bag, it's always been immensely satisfying to see all that work pay off.

I agree that there is nothing fun or inspiring about performing poorly at an event because you couldn't get it working in time.

In the end, maybe the best route is to choose a design that you know you can achieve and be successful with, but with some aspect that pushes your boundaries a little bit- a new mechanism or technique that you've never attempted- but have a fall-back in case it doesn't work out.
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