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Re: Success with Tank Treads
Hmmmm...... notice in my post I haven't said anything about this year's drive system. Could it be that team SPAM has abandoned its 5 years of development of a tank tread system in favor of something more....exciting?
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Hmmmm...... notice in my post I haven't said anything about this year's drive system. Could it be that team SPAM has abandoned its 5 years of development of a tank tread system in favor of something more....exciting?
I know, its a ...

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Dont wory Gary, they wont hear it from me ,that is if your doing what i think your doing.

either way your going to take it out of the crate at UCF and everybodys going to be like WOW!
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Knoldge is a burden
Dont wory Gary, they wont hear it from me ,that is if your doing what i think your doing.

either way your going to take it out of the crate at UCF and everybodys going to be like WOW!
Shhhhhhh... Let's make sure it works first. Afterall, antigravitic drive systems are still kind of hard to control. But we'll get something working by regionals.
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