We have never tried direct drive, though Andymark has a system that works well....and I have admired team 25 for years. Every design choice has it's merits!
The name Team 221 LLC. has turned out to be a poor choice. It was supposed to be a reference to our inolvement with FIRST and to the fact that I once was the leader of FRC221, the number was retiredin 2001.
At the time it seemed a fitting moniker for a company that got it's start developing products for competitive robotics teams.
We now refer to ourselves as 221 Robotics Systems.
This naming confusion is only a problem when we participate in FIRST events.
