[Jon Stratis]

I agree with Adam - I think they'll probably do alright with speed controllers. All the same, I personally would encourage veteran teams to hold off on purchasing new ones a little bit so that rookies can get what they need - Veterans simply have more options than rookies do, as we are fortunate enough to have controllers we can pull off old robots.

It's really something when you think about what sort of inventory they might have for this upcoming season. If we just estimate about 5 new speed controllers for every team (some teams won't get any, some teams will buy 20), then that's ~15,000 new speed controllers. With an average price of $70 (assuming even distribution between Talon and Victor), that's over $1,000,000 worth of speed controller stock for just one season!

Obviously, some major assumptions there. How many veteran teams will decide to use the "tried and true" speed controllers and avoid the new ones for at least 1 season? How many teams will decide to use all new ones? What will the mix be between PWM and CAN use with speed controllers and the new control system?