Lesson Learned: The Positive.

[JesseK]

Re: The Game

I still think G22 is like the "School Zone" caution lights that light up during the school's spring break: what's the point of being so strict about it? It caused alot of havoc when it's an alliance partner who did it 3-4 times in a match. Even so, it caused our team to come up with creative solutions to the blind spots on the field. Without G22 & G42 (Hurdling protection), our RoboCoach would have been fairly bored during teleoperated period. With this change, we were penalty-free in Philadelphia and Atlanta.

Re: Championship

Teams at the championships this year were top notch in regards to GP. Every team we interacted with was extremely helpful and enthusiastic. I don't believe we met a single team (rookies included!) that came off as self-centered or tunnel-visioned. (Special thanks to 1983 for the bundles of favors, to 1503 for SMC wiring help, and to 1114 for patience).

Support from AM was top notch this year. Nick helped our team for well over an hour to troubleshoot why our transmissions were binding up. It turns out that the top of the transmission was spaced about 1/32" too close, causing the gears to pinch together. This was causing at least a 3fps speed loss and probably an extra 20-30% current draw. We could have simply swapped the transmissions, yet we would have probably made the same mistake again next year. Many thanks to Nick!