Vend Motors- Legal?
 

So I recently gained a stock of over 400 vend motors, I will spare you the details of how and why but essentially you can understand I am looking for something to do with some of them. There a plenty of projects of course that can be done with such high torque motors, but I immediately thought of how awesome they would be for driving a lifting arm or something of the sort. I know FRC mainly allows automotive motors but anyone know if these are allowed? If not is there somewhere I can appeal to have them made legal?

If you are unfamiliar or just curious of what one of these looks like here is a photo:



Thanks in advance!

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

We'll just start with:

If it is NOT on the approved motor list, it is illegal. (And automotive motors aren't the main motors, BTW--they're barely used, even though they're unlimited.) Automotive motors of the listed types are legal; other automotive motors probably aren't.

If you wanted to get motors made legal--for next season, at any rate--you'd email frcteams@firstinspires.org and make the suggestion.

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

Where is the list of approved motors?

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

R29. It's fairly expansive, but not to the motors you have, I'd think.

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

Could you post more details about these motors? Perhaps a spec sheet and some higher resolution pictures? Legal or not, I'd be curious to learn more.

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

Donate them to FIRST. They'll put them in FIRST Choice. Contact Kate Pilotte at HQ

Re: Vend Motors- Legal?
 

Read. The. Manual.

I'm sorry to be blunt, but it's brutally true. Read the whole thing. Have everyone on your team read it too. Then read it again.