[Sperkowsky]

We have used the kit bot for all the years in our teams history. Next year is the first year we won't be using it. It's not really for the slight competitive advantage I think a custom chassis provides but more for learning. We also had a big issue this year where we were one of the first teams to get the pneumatic upgrade kit for the am14u3 and it had no instructions or exploded drawings. I ended up writing an entire manual myself. It was also really expensive $350 Iirc. In the end going custom this year would have been cheaper and with something like a versaframe we probably would have had it up and running quicker. The AndyMark voucher is worth it for us to abandon the kit bot and go for some of vex offerings.