If you could Breakaway all over again...

[kstl99]

Very few things I would change. Our head guy insisted we spend the first 2 meetings after kickoff talking about the game and planning strategy and not talking about the robot. This led to our priorities being speed and agility, being able to play any section, change sections and having a strong kicker, with hanging being a lower priority. I must disagree with previous posts as our mecanum wheels were one of our best assets and our drivers made good use of them. Although some teams had awesome hangers I saw many waste the last 30 or 40 seconds trying to set up, so I am not too disappointed we did not get ours working.

My biggest lessons as a first year electrical mentor are to plan the wiring very early so you can get what you need instead of using what you can get quick, and having the wires to the 4 wheel motors the same length (I have not yet been able to test if it makes a difference in how easy the robot is to drive straight).