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Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin
I like that solution. It seems like a pretty good balance to me. It's obviously up to Andy and the Technokats to decide how they would want to market their "product" but I think that idea may be a good compromise. Plus, it would probably be easier to ship machined parts and instructions than it would be to ship a fully-assembled product.
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Good point, but I'd again look at what JVN has said here. If it's fully assembled, I can certainly take it apart and give it to my students in a big pile. And if I really want to be a jerk (AKA teacher), I can tell them I lost the plans. Then, when they get stuck, tell them it's their problem to solve and not mine (and become the biggest jerk of the year
). Then, if they can't figure out on their own who to contact, I'd point them to AB, Team 45, and CD in general. Voila, students communicating with an engineer and competitors half way around the country to get advice/information about their design, it's assembly, application, maybe even integration. Sounds pretty real-world to me, but then again I'm just an English teacher
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If your team is not yet "old/mature" enough to handle that level of problem solving/stress, then use the assembled gearbox and concentrate on appendages, etc. It's all about knowing your personnel and where they are on the learning/pain tolerance curve.