During a practice match, team 1690 Orbit’s turret fell off its swivel. Hopefully they can get it back working in time for quals.
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You’re just prepping for the 2002 retro game
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Please, do not give me nightmares of the turret mouse scurrying around my floor.
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Ouch! Well, it’s happened to other teams this year as well (uhhh definitely not our team 
), the turrets are larger + heavier than previous years, and robots are faster and smashing into one another with greater force all leading to higher probability of failure.
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Looks like 1690 got it back on and working before their first match.
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Surprisingly, it did not fall off on impact. It fell off during their auto sequence.
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So they self decapitated? Cool.
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Wow, that IS unexpected, guess it was just at the point of failure and ball compression did it in.
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Where is my HAT? I gotta put on my HAT. The HAT sustains us.
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OH MAN! NOT AGAIN! That must really suck. This isn’t the first instance of a turret being decapitated during a match. I remember during Infinite recharge at FIM St Joe, Team 2767 had theirs come off as well. They managed to fix it from what I recall. Things happen that are not accounted for. I wish you the best of luck with the repairs!
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Since this is now the robots decapitation thread, team 862 lost their turret while climbing after they fell down from the traversal rung.
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I’m not going to say it happened again today, but it happened again……
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What you mean we are not supposed to hang from those wires? A couple of them are somewhat low gauge.
Actually all the cool kids are popping their top, you should try it too. It keeps you from getting bored in the pits.
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With 70 seconds remaining in Q53. EEK! That speed bump is clearly dangerous, something should be done about it.
But I have no doubt the pit crew will get your head on straight again.
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If only we weren’t a low goal robot. LOL
Ohh it’s back on! Gotta run a test and good to go.
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The speed bump bent one of our swerve plates today 
Two times within a weeks time.
Glad to see you won this match.