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In the "Robot" section of the rules, Rule 1.1.1 clearly states:
"There are three sources of materials:
1) parts found in the Kit of parts
2) Parts from the Additional Hardware List
3) Parts from Small Parts"
Motors certainly aren't on the additional Hardware list, and they aren't in small parts. I believe that "parts found in kit of parts" means if it isn't in the box, then you can't use it - that is, you can't go out and buy more of something, even if it's in the kit, since the bought part wasn't found in the kit of parts. Further on in the same rule it says that "any material used in the robot must come from the above sources and no other." This I think backs up my claim that an extra drill motor wouldn't be allowed since it wouldn't come from the kit of parts, but rather from something else.
I'm pretty sure (I'll have to check when I get home) that the rule was always like this, but no one ever really questioned the english........ And it was always judged that you can't go and use 4 drill motors if only given 3.
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