Crazy Drive Train Ideas

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by JesseK

I don't understand why all teams want the drive train to do everything for mobility. If the rules allow for it, why has no one even prototyped something like a tethered Quad Rotor that lifts off and gets the game object? Sure, the thing would probably get beat up during a finals match but the sheer success in prototype will spur a LOT of creative thought come build season. Of course just implementing a quad rotor with limited amounts of motors is a feat and requires its own innovations worthy of patents and PHD's, heh. Then there's the control component, which many programmers would salivate at the chance to do, and the sensor feedback component which boggles the mind of even the smartest professionals.

If only a tether wouldn't prevent them from doing this...