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Re: Are these servos legal?

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele View Post
they are continuous rotation and could be geared to gain advantage..
They are really good little motors.. and much more robust than any servo that fits the FIRST guidelines..and they are very similar to servos in size and shape
I need a servo because I will be rotating something 90-135 degrees and it has to be precise every time. If my team gears a continuous rotation motor to be practical and accurate within that range of motion it will take too long to actuate, and would require an encoder with PID programming to set the position in the program (a large task for a team with one seasoned programmer and one beginning programmer).

Do you think the servos I listed would be legal?