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Re: Thoughts about the new FTC challenge?

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Hey is there any rule aginst using a 3-D printer to make covers on the ends of our motors to protect them?
Typically your question would be answered in an "Allowed Parts" section. Since your covers are not simply non-functional decorations, and are not made from the allowed materials, the covers as you've described are illegal.

If you disagree, then post to the official FTC forum.

To give you an idea about "non-functional decorative materials": Last year teams were not allowed to mount their team numbers to cardboard for purposes of display since cardboard in that context was a "functional" material for displaying numbers (a "function") and cardboard was not an allowed material for building the robot.
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