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I see the "ready-made chassis" as the beginning to the downfall of a part of FIRST we all love, the unique designs and technological advancements that come from the building of the machine.

See the learning process is in the making and if it is "ready-made" there will be little learning involved.

As long as there has been FIRST, there have been rookies. How did they do it a few years ago without a "ready-made chassis". Have the games gotten harder, no just different. So, if we all did it back then, there is no reason today's rookies can't. If anything, they have more of an advantage already without the "ready made" chassis simply because of advancements over the years.

I am all in favor of ready made things like motor mounts because everyone has the same motors, and everyone is going to mount them. But I think chassis and gearboxes ready-made for teams is going too far. That is really where a lot of the design innovation comes from.

And as for the plywood, I guess you would call me one of the "dissers." We bent 30x30 bosch extrusion. When I say bent, I mean bent. Plywood would have had no chance in the matches we played.