[Al Skierkiewicz]

Sparks,
The drill motor as far as I know has not been dropped. We won't know for sure until the kit of parts comes out. I know there has been some discussion but the most recent is on the "rumor mill" board and should not be believed. If someone has some concrete info please let me know.
The drill motor has some flaws but that does not make it a bad motor. It is a pretty good merge of speed, power, size and weight. Coupled with the transmission and drive system designed by FIRST, you can have a driving base within a few hours and then concentrate on other parts of the robot. Although you will see lot's of people complain about parts (sometimes that includes me) all of us are held to the same constraints. That's what makes this so much fun. We all have to overcome the same things and still try and compete. We have used FP, Bosch and/or Chalupas in our drive systems over the last few years. We won nationals with two FP and two drills in our crab steering modules. I expect to see several of the AndyMark multimotor drives using these same motors when I inspect this coming season.