Car Nack Predicts 2011-2

[IndySam]

Dear Car Nack


Duhhhhhhhhhhh

[Koko Ed]

This I agree with because so many teams struggle to just get a functioning FRC robot. I doubt they will be able to successfully make a decent minibot as well. You'll probably only see half of the FIRST teams even have one.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

This I agree with because so many teams struggle to just get a functioning FRC robot. I doubt they will be able to successfully make a decent minibot as well. You'll probably only see half of the FIRST teams even have one.

also deployment will be a bigger challenge tan most teams think it will.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by IndySam

also deployment will be a bigger challenge tan most teams think it will.

Especially because they're so busy focusing on the minibot.
They probably haven't given any real thought to the Hostbot.
You'll be lucky if you see more than one bot attach to the pole nevermind make it to the top of it.

[nuggetsyl]

I also agree with carnack. Hey in the future can you make your carnack predicts a poll.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

I also agree with carnack. Hey in the future can you make your carnack predicts a poll.

Why? Car Nack doesn't care whether we agree with him (her?) or not. "Car Nack has spoken."

[Cyberphil]

Hmm. Very interesting prediction. As I am not very familiar with Car Nack, I have read all of his predictions, and they are almost all correct.

I would have to agree with his prediction, even if there only a few where it does happen.

[Chris is me]

I'll dissent from popular opinion for a second though. Is deploying a host bot hard?

My current plan is to velcro it to an actuated stick.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Cyberphil

Hmm. Very interesting prediction. As I am not very familiar with Car Nack, I have read all of his predictions, and they are almost all correct.

I've gotta disagree on that, unfortunately. I've gone through and checked all the predictions I could find, since 2004, and overall (counting general and specific separately), Car Nack is 17 for 29, with two that I couldn't find a result for. Typically, if a single prediction is both general and has a quantity (specific), the general is off but the quantity is on.

In other words, Car Nack has made 29 separate predictions, and he's been right 17 times. He's been better recently, though, getting better than 60% average in the last 3 years.

Chris: How are you going to deploy a 120+ pound electro-mechanical device with a velcro-covered actuated stick?

[JesseK]

Prototype that Chris (heh, like I need to tell you that); I think you'll find that there's a difficulty in putting enough velcro on the MINIBOT so it is stable during the match, yet sparse enough that it easily detached from the HOSTBOT without slowing it down during deployment.