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Originally Posted by cxcad
I had no idea about the scope of your project. The kids on the team are definitely not there yet. Why the router, when the team has so many sponsors? I guess lead time. Did 973 take a similar development process?
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The router does a good job of complimenting our manufacturing sponsors skill sets. We still plan to have similar levels of sponsor involvement during the season, but we will be able to prototype better and iterate better after our initial manufacturing run. We also have trouble finding sponsors to make tube-stock parts, and the router will let us do these easily in house. Typical sponsor lead times for us are 2 to 3 weeks, so having something in house will be a huge help.
973 built a much simpler router based on some linear actuator modules that they got surpluses somewhere. You can ask Adam for more info.