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.
Matt
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Matt Adams - Engineer at Danaher Motion
Team 1525 - Warbots - Deerfield High School
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