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Originally Posted by techedguy
2) COTS wheels, while not as good...
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Define "good". If a team has the resources (financial, manufacturing, design, manpower), then it might be worth it for them to build a custom set (and there are teams that do). But if all a team has available to them is a bandsaw and a hand drill, they're probably foolish not to look at COTS wheels.
The build-versus-buy debate is almost a decade old now (ever since "buy" became a plausible option)...and the answer is "Whatever is legal and works for your team."
OP: You may want to reread the earlier parts of the Robot section of the manual, starting around
section 4.1.3, to determine what's legal. As I said, what's right for your team within those limits is up to you.