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Re: Letters to FIRST and the Team Forum
Posted by ChrisH at 03/09/2001 4:34 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach 'Bots, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA JPL, J & F Machine, Raytheon, et al.


In Reply to: Letters to FIRST and the Team Forum
Posted by Joe Johnson on 03/09/2001 12:10 PM EST:



I personally spent many hours designing a shifting transmission that would have you guys drooling last summer and fall. We were even going to build a prototype except Jan 6 was too close so we decided not to.

Unfortunately the design was based on the assumption that gears would be unlimited again. Since there was insufficient time to redesign or figure out how to cut or own gears we had to scrap it for this year.

But I'm sure that gears will find their way back onto the unlimited list sooner or later, so I don't feel the effort is wasted. Besides, now I have new incentive to develop new sources that can't be made illegal. Unless they get rid of SPI ;^)

They change the rules to keep us off balance and finding new solutions. They don't let us use off the shelf stuff for the same reason. It doesn't bother me, it's part of the game. Complaining about it is like complaining that the wind is against you in a sailboat race. Overcoming the difficulties is the point.

I have stated to FIRST privately and will now do it publicly. "IF THE RESTRICTIONS DON'T PINCH THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB" (the restrictions that is).

BTW this is my fourth year and I have a family too.

Just my not entirely humble opinion

Chris Husmann, PE
Team 330 the Beach'Bots


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