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Post Re: Creating and selling parts.

I think that this is a GREAT idea. You're building something that is useful for other teams while doing some fundraising. Students are hopefully using and building skills. There's a few concerns that I should note:

Quality Assurance: Would you completely trust an integral drivetrain component out of a box build by another team as opposed to a company?

Longevity: Teams could ruin thier reputation by providing seemingly functional components that don't hold up over the course of a season.

Those are the two ideas that popped into my head immediately. I think you'd have to approach this idea with caution. However, if you wanted to manufacturing some 80/20 like brackets... that's an undertapped market.

All done.

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