[EricH]

Originally Posted by Radical Pi

Typo? NXT motors are illegal. The motors allowed are 2 Tetrix motors.

Typo.

Andy, you're correct.

The concern over FTC parts only (plus all the other stuff in <R92>) is that they removed all forms of stored energy except the battery pre-deployment. So there's no chance of a spring-powered flywheel that is also a drive wheel, say.

They turned a mousetrap car competition into an FTC competition.

The other thing is that it does seem to be political. Some of us hate political decisions like that, no matter the effect.

Also, FIRST Choice is a first-come-first serve, and some teams may have already placed their orders. It might be too late to go back and get an FTC kit through that. So now you have to go the hard and expensive way.