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Re: When is a "motor" a "motor"?

or it could be a Door Motor, Windshield Wiper Motor, or Seat Motor. I like how wide open the rule is, but I'm sure it'll get mucked up because someone will ask "is this motor legal?" on Q&A, and get it ruled illegal.

Since the original intent of the rules restricting motor use seems to have been to make things "fair", by not allowing extra powerful motors, or motors that were not COTS, it appears to me that the nifty little linear actuator motor assembly you found fits the intent of the rules. But you might want to see if there's a way to call it one of the names of motors used in automobiles, listed above. There was a thing a few years ago where FIRST got the auto salvage industry involved, by letting us get free automotive motors from salvage yards (voucher system), and I think it's related somehow.

also, in past years the window motors were treated as an assembly with the gearbox, and could not be modified significantly, and still be legal to use.

For a new mentor, you sure picked a challenging question!