Very nice modification! It's great to see a planetary gearbox alternative that a lot of veteran teams already have laying around.
Seems a little blurry to me on the rules though this year... Is this considered modification of a COTS item? I didn't think that anyone sold these motor/gearboxes anymore.
R29 is a neat rule this year that allows use of past robot components and COTS items that aren't sold anymore, but gives the impression that you can't modify them if you intend to use them on your robot.
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Originally Posted by R29
COTS items from ROBOTS entered in previous FIRST competitions or COTS items that are no longer commercially available may be used under the following conditions:
A. The item must be functionally equivalent to the original condition as delivered from the VENDOR (e.g. a part that has non-functional label markings added would be permitted, but a part that has device-specific mounting holes added would be prohibited), and
B. The item must satisfy ALL applicable 2011 FRC materials/parts use rules.
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