Thread: Team Update #9
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Unread 10-02-2004, 21:31
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Re: Team Update #9

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
Christ Hibner's post sums up my thoughts on the new servo ruling. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=16
I concur. I like having more servos. Heck, I advocated this very rule in my feedback to FIRST after the last season. BUT IT IS THE BEGINNING OF WEEK #5!

Why now?

I am flabbergasted.

Joe J.

P.S. I know that FIRST has a lot on its plate and I don't mean to criticize. Even so, this is case where some folks can legitimately claim to have been put at a significant disadvantage.

P.P.S. Many have advocated that FIRST should release kit related rules prior to kickoff so that the can be noodled out before the pressure of the 6 weeks makes us more likely to get hot under the collar. The $200 electronic limit (now $300), the $3500 limit (now effectively $4000+ due to exclusion of Victors), the servo is electronics limit (then changed to the servo is a motor limit, now limited only by the $3500, er ah $4000+ limit), etc, I really think that these things can be worked out before the kickoff.
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