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Originally Posted by the man
Point being we get rid of banebots and increase the quantity of another type of motor. Or find a different type of motor.
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BaneBots is giving $30 worth of free materials to all 2,354 registered teams to use as they see fit. That's a donation of over $70k. Not small change, and I'm sure BB does even more for FIRST that is not covered in this one donation. I don't know that FIRST is ready to thumb their collective nose at a gold sponsor with years of involvement in competition robotics (not just FRC) and many other worthwhile products. The 550-series motors, the gearboxes, the wheels - they're all quality products.
I agree, take the 775s for a long walk off a short pier. The customer service at BB leaves something to be desired (to be fair we're pretty spoiled by VEXPro and AndyMark). But to dump a strong supporting company of
FIRST? That's just not good business.