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Nathan Green
Yuchen Lin
Daniel Puratich
Smile Khatri
Hardy Yu
Emma Chan
Amy Hu
Aidan Bowers
Evan Janakievski
Tong Zhang
Nathaniel
Ishman
justification
top eight guarenteed, nine through twelve are waitlisted in order as per comp requirements.
Nathan, Hardy, and Yuchen work very well together for ardupilot stuff. Hardy and Yuchen need comp experience, been on the team a while, and Nathan can guide with his knowledge well. Nathan and Yuchen required as well trained advanced license pilots. While Hardy isn’t a pilot he’s a dedicated lead without any comp experience.
Aidan and Nathan are required for trailer driving. The trailer will be very helpful for us at competition because we can bring basically the entire bay. Aidan is a strong all arounder and also ardupilot support. Four people on ardupilot might be excessive but it seems reasonable considering that will be a big challenge for us.
Smile never been to comp, strongest mech we have available. Same arguement for Evan, strong mech up and coming. We just don’t have space for a second mech. Autonomy needs at least one person. Smile has been on the team for longer than Evan so it makes sense for him to have priority. Smile and Nathan will be only mech focused people at comp which is a risk if significant repairs are needed. Evan is very much a strong pick and it would be extremely beneficially if we could take a ninth person.
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Nathaniel for extra mech hands as Conall cannot be locked in just yet as co-op is still pending at time decision is needed. An extra set of mech hands will be important in case of repairs or improvements at comp.
For drivers we have Daniel, Nathan, Aidan, & Smile to be the primary drivers with possibly Emma as well. primary drivers are all a bit older and have experience. Emma is a bit youunger (I think) so dont want to stress her out with driving. If we get Evan as well as #9 then that’s a bonus as well, but also a bit younger and dont want to stress him out with driving. Tong is also a driver ayo.
Daniel has comp and EE experience. Worst case soldering grindset. Hopefully helping coordinate the team and calling tough shots through blind overconfidence when needed (ayo kinda like this one, a lil practice, or foreshadowing if you will).
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