[qnetjoe]

I think it is important to take a step back and look at basis/perspective on this, most of us come from team that have a good amount of engineering resources/experience.

Opening up the motor rules really helped middle to lower level teams reuse older parts and required less engineering expertise to field better bots. I know a lot of those teams that refuse to use to window motors (and some even the BB motors) because it is "too hard to" compared to me who has a broach for the window motor spline in my garage.

It is important that all of us realize that FIRST is more about helping the lesser teams do more with less support/resources, hence the push in 3D printing and lessening of the rules. Just like in business, regulations/rule changes do not affect the upper echelon teams as much since they have resources to work around them, it is the the small teams that take the blunt of it.

Just to kill some parallels, in F1 the top speed of the cars is what they seek to limit by the rules and that has stayed rather close in the last 15 years or so. Lap times have been going down due to advancements in suspension and handling. The reason they claim to need to limit top speed is due to safety.

If FIRST was going to do anything it would be to lower the rating on the main circuit breaker. That would limit the max power that could be delivered without some crazy rule change.

Just my two cents