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Originally Posted by dlavery
For example, the FP motor issue was a vendor supply problem. FIRST (and parts of Fischer-Price) thought they had the same motor/gearbox as last year. It was only after the teams really started to dig into the performance of the motors that the problem was discovered. FIRST responded, got in touch with Fischer-Price, and they both worked out a solution as quickly as they could to correct the problem as best as possible. Kudos to both Fischer-Price and FIRST for jumping on this (and the solution now leaves us with an even larger set of design possibilities than just replacing all the 6v motors with 12v motors!).
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I think this is a legitimate clue that dave spoke about during build last year. I really don't know exactly what it means, but it is a potential clue.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...815#post336815
What I'm thinking is, when FP messed up, and they are a great sponsor, don't get me wrong, but I think they offered us another deal of some sort. Thats how nice they are. They mess up a practical
donation, then try to make up for it. Anyways, I feel that we
may be able to look forward to a new motor next year.
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