[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Be careful about trying to get around the accounting rules by "selling" last year's used BEI gyro to a team member and selling it back to your (or another) team. See rule <R19>.

Dave,

How is it that you never seem to sleep, yet function as a (pretty) normal person who manages to keep the entire FIRST manual in your head <grin>?

Here's R19:

"<R19> Individual COMPONENTS retrieved from previous robots and used on 2005 robots must have their undepreciated cost included in the 2005 robot cost accounting, and applied to the overall cost limits."


Two things come to mind: 1) There are lots of BEI gyros around that have not been "retrieved from previous robots" and 2) Who knows what the undepreciated value of the BEI gyros is? FIRST certainly didn't pay >$200 for each one. If you can establish a value by purchasing one "used", I don't see a problem. Here's Q&A #1318:

Q:From ID 1118: The Gyros from previous year's kits appears to cost $300USD and therefore exceeding <R44> limit of $200USD for electronic components. (http://fastascent.com/Projects/Attit...te_gyro_s.html)

A:If that is the price, clearly R44 excludes them from being used. Find a used BEI gyro or find a cheaper gyro of another brand.



Here, the FIRST folks are clearly giving the okay to use one that is "used".

-Kevin