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Originally Posted by JamesCH95
Before the AM tough-boxes of 2005 every team would get two Bosch drill motors and transmissions that were widely used.
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You mean the Copioli-IFI* kit transmissions? They would later evolve into the toughboxes!
*They were designed by Paul Copioli, and manufactured by IFI. This was long before he worked for them.
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Originally Posted by sgreco
Sorry to thread jack a little. When I started IFI used to used to make the kit Chassis, I'm curious, when did they start doing this this?
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2005 was also the first year of the IFI kit chassis.
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Originally Posted by sgreco
I wasn't around way back when, but teams used to use small parts inc. a lot. I belive each team would have a certain amount of money that they could spend on small part's items each year something like a credit towards small parts included in the kit. Someone who was around my have to clarify/qualify this for me.
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This was dying out when I was a rookie in 2004. There was no longer an allowance (this was earlier 2000s), but I remember looking on their website to buy things, so it must've been in the FIRST documentation.
IMHO, 2005 was really the beginning of a new FIRST epoch for a lot of reasons. It started the green vision system, 3 robot alliances, and a reliable kit chassis and drive system. I believe it was also the first year of AndyMark, although they were relatively small, it seemed to me they exploded in popularity in 2006.