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Re: Motors allowed on the robot.

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Originally Posted by Alexis Howell (Post 913336)

Hmm, has this rule changed since last year? Last year we had about three uptake motors that came from old power drills that we modded...

Drill motors have not been allowed since 2005.

Re: Motors allowed on the robot.

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Originally Posted by IndySam (Post 913343)

No this rule has been in place for years. Are you sure you just didn't use the transmissions from the old drills? This is common.

That's probably it. I'll check!

Re: Motors allowed on the robot.

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Originally Posted by joek (Post 912863)

well.... are they ever gonna check if you removed the potentiometer, they don't have time to disassemble every last servo

You seem to have a problem with understanding that getting away with something is just as illegal and wrong as getting caught doing it.

You might want to rethink your response to rules infractions.

Al's response regarding being able to see if a servo has been opened is good but there is nothing wrong with taking a servo apart...perhaps to rebuild it... we have done that a number of times.

What is wrong is modifiying it outside the rules... and even if an inspector doesn't catch it.. it is still wrong....