[11douglash]

While i am not happy about banebots taking a VERY long time to machine the parts, i'd say that next year we can at least take preventative measures to make shure that we arn't in the hole this year.

Banebots is likely to give the same motors... The kit motors don't change frequently, just look at the FP's. So i think the banebots motors will stay. My team's been around for a while, so we have 10+ banebots gearboxes of various ratios.

I think that the easiest way out of this is to stock up on a few common gearboxes. 64:1, 24:1 for the middle power motors (RS-550, 540, if i remember correctly) seem to be commonly used. I think that while we can complain all day, the most sucsessful solution would be to buy a few, and trade with other teams if nessisary.