As has been said above, noone will complain more than about anything else, and if they do, as usual, they can shove it in their pie holes. The fact is, First just has to say, the frame takes 3/8" standard. So thats what you get. The skyways are 6" wheels, so you get six inch wheels. We think wedgetop wears better ( just an example!), so you get wedgetop. End of story. If you want something different, get it yourself, or buy it from us.
And the costs lower, but still close to as high for the kit bot as I said. At IFI,
http://www.ifirobotics.com/kitbot.shtml, the price for the kitbot frame is $190.
Revision 1, the frame should cost IFI $95 to make. I was a little high.
I was however, astronomically high for the gearboxes. IFI retails 'em for $150, so they're prolly about 60-80 dollars to make. Should've done my homework there dang'it. Sooo....a revision is in order.
$150 for the CMU
$150 for two gearboxes (estimation)
$ 95for the kit frame
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$395 added on by FIRST to the cost of the kit. At least. So, $40, which would be a 10.13% increase in the kitbot's cost this year
still seems like a walk in the park. My argument remains:IFI will try to improve their platform in the kit this year. The wheels are where to start.
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