13-03-2011, 00:30
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AKA: Pinecone
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,674
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Re: How are <1.5 sec Minibots doing it ? Gearbox mods allowed ?
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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Now this is where it confuses me, we purposely left our modified motors at our shop and used our unmodified minibot (got us really far) but apparently we had to sign a paper that stated we would not modify the gearbox. What was with that? I asked th inspectors, they said it was not allowed and said gracious professionalism should be kept. The inspectors never checked the minbots for modified gearboxes.
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This is blatantly incorrect. You are allowed to modify the gearboxes but not the motors. Anyone who said otherwise just doesn't know the rules.
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