Hi Guys,
After doing a bit of research on the 2 motors (9012 and 9003) and talking to FIRST, we are making much ado about nothing. The two motors are virtually identical and should be interchangeable. Recall that both were in the 2006 KOP with some teams getting one style and other teams getting other styles.
Looking at the 2006 tips and good practices document, the motors have almost the exact same performance.
Link to the document showing the motors are almost identical is below:
http://www2.usfirst.org/2006comp/oth...ices_Rev_D.pdf
I would strongly suggest that FIRST just allow both 9012 and 9003 motors and let this non-problem go away.
Either way, we had some 9012 motors shipped to us so we will be safe either way.
Best of luck to everyone,
RAZ