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Re: pic: 2011 Drive Prototype

Having talked to Marcus and seen many of his design iterations before this post, I know he understands many of the intricacies and benefits of a WCD design. True, there have been many posts on CD lately of "pretty renders" of chassis designs that seem to have very little thought put into working out any of the details, but I can assure you this is not one of them.

Sorry Marcus, I will have to agree that this design is heavily inspired by 254/968, and you should own up to it. But to everyone else, while Marcus has not created an entirely new chassis design, I am glad that he has taken the time to actually analyze 254/968's design and ask himself why certain things are done the way they are (for example, why the cams are tensioned counterclockwise as opposed to clockwise) and do proper drive train calculations.

I think that a perfect place to start is to look at examples from great teams like 254/968 and try to figure out the thought process that led them to their final design. Only then can someone start to be innovative. And as a first year FRCer, I think Marcus is doing a great job at that.

Now let's get back to some constructive criticism.
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