Battery Flip-Flop...

[Kevin Ray]

Unless FIRST clears this up right now (well, yesterday), we're gonna have a whole lot of teams watching the final qualifying rounds when they're are supposed to be competing in them. This year more than any, we are using up the juice as fast as those batteries can put it out. Some teams said that they've been using up a fully charged battery in about three rounds with the loads they're drawing. This means that each team, especially those who make the finals, will have to have 4-5 batteries and the equivelant # of charges. As was said earlier in this thread, that causes EVERY team, rookie and vets alike, to buy more chargers and batteries--unnecessarily.

That especially amounts to big $$$ when we have to ship them to the nats and we will most definitely exceed the 400 lbs. allowed, thus, having to pay more money--which our team already doesn't have.

C'mon FIRST, don't leave us hanging!!!