its funny how big of a difference these parts that take 5 minutes to make each can make in a match!
I know! I’m surprised more teams haven’t used these features, I’ve only seen one that does.
Do you think it would be better to use a flexible auto aligner or a fixed one? My teams current bot uses a flexible one, but we are wondering if it would be better to use a fixed auto allighner.
I think a flexible one would b good, we don’t have the prices for a flexible so we used a fixed one 
I think that a flexible auto aligner would be better, but if your’s keeps breaking off of the robot, you might want to switch. If it doesn’t break, I recommend keeping it flexible.
It does not break, but it does not work the best either. This is because when the robot comes in at an angle more than 30 degrees, the suspension beam (I think that’s what it’s called) bends too much, making the robot not able to align to the goal right.
The flexible aliner is stronger. The fixed one always breaks off and in teamwork/skills that may be a huge problem
Can someone post a picture of the flexible one as some of us don’t know it. Thanks!
Basically, you need to use an suspension beam to connect the robot and the piece of alignment. This is our old one:
Our new one is a bit longer, with harder suspension beams, which we found aligned better.
