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A testament to quality electronics.
So in my haste of moving things around today, I managed to leave the robot in the back of a pickup truck parked on the roof of a parking garage. A torrential summer downpour later, the entire thing was soaking wet.
The team spent about three hours drying everything with towels and a hair dryer. To my utter surprise, it worked fine after that. No water had gotten into the OI, RC, or radios, and what water had gotten into the relays and speed controllers seemed not to matter. (I've taken them apart and there is a coating on everything that I think helped a lot.)
Anyway, just thought I'd share. In light of the announcement of a new control system, this was a fortunate reminder of the durability of the IFI setup and I hope the new system can stand up to abuse as well.
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>> College Mentor, Team 97: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School with The Edgerton Center, MIT Mechanical Engineering, Bluefin Robotics, and Draper Laboratory
>> Alumnus, Team 527: Plainedge HS
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Haha, I applaud your efforts to read into the actions of the GDC, but I feel like trying to do so is like shooting at a target, in the dark, at a mile away, with a sawed off shotgun. - ttldomination [more] 
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