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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
I think the trick is that in the original situation, the extra motor isn't necessarily installed just in the pit and just for maintenence. Presumably, for the modular system to be truly useful, you should be able to make the change just before the match based on the opposing team's percieved strategy. So you would probably be bringing both assemblies out into the arena to make a quick swap. So it's not really a maintenence kind of thing, especially if you're leaving it that way and competing with it that way.
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That is a very sensible point. The problem we're all facing with these hypothetical systems is that we don't quite know what their capabilities are; can that change of function be pulled off in the seconds preceding an elimination match? Maybe--and if so, I understand the reasoning that this isn't so much a convenience issue as it is a strategic one. If, on the other hand, it takes several minutes to change modules, maybe the element of surprise is lost--your opponents have five minutes to watch you adjust and reconfigure, and to reconsider their strategy. In that sense, the primary advantage that you gain (beyond the change of assembly) is the introduction of a fresh motor--in other words, a maintenance issue.