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Re: Back for more..VEXpro 2014 Product Unveiling

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Originally Posted by Alpha Beta View Post
We do not know the rules for 2014, so I'll ask this question in reference to last year. Would the PTO gear box from WCP have been legal in 2013? The gear box without pneumatic cylinders is around $350. With both cylinders it's $430-ish. You can purchase the gear box without them, but it won't function. Of course the same is true for motors and pinions. If you purchased the full assembly with pneumatics, motors and pinions for just over $525 would it have been legal?





PS. If FIRST had a goal of more teams doing their own design work they could lower the $400 limit. If they wanted to lessen the amount of design work they could raise it instead.
If VEX/WCP sold a $399 transmission with two CIM motors attached to it at a cost of $457, would you think that it violates the single component under $400 rule?

That's how I'd look at it. The piston is an externally attached COTS item that is being included for your convenience.
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