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Re: [FRC Blog] - NASA Grants and Something New for 2015

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Hmm. Now that we have mini-CIMs they may just ban CIMs. Both motors have the same footprint so we can keep our current investments in COTS gearboxes, yet the rule may address some of the power concerns (i.e. over-current draw) that have been brought up on these forums.
Something like that would result in a much earlier notification than when build starts. You would have to deal with a choked supply line for a critical part and therefore a lot of really ticked off powerhouses and an innumerable number of teams simply out of luck for the season.
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