[EricH]

Originally Posted by TheAnsweris42

Apparently someone on my team found an alternator we could use on our robot. While I am severely skeptical about the feasibility of this idea... I can't find anything in the rules that says you can't. Does anyone else know anything about it? I can't imagine that no one else would have tried this before us...

OK, as far as I know, there is no rule specifically allowing or disallowing alternators. BUT, you need to check costs, size, and weight. You also need to go through the Parts Use Flowchart in Section 5. If you are using it to charge the battery, I'm not sure it's legal. This would be something for Q&A to determine (don't base a strategy around this and have an inspector tell you to take it off kind of thing).