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View Poll Results: Should FIRST keep the Drill Motors ??
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No, Add Better ones 13 27.66%
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My name is Mike from Team 522 of the Robo-Wizards Location: SI, NYC. I would be the one you call "Thread Starter"

Lioke most threads I enter and speak my opinion "Sometimes " I don't know when to keep my mouth shut. As a result I have been re-wording pretty much what I've been saying in most threads. Reality is FIRST has given out alot of Drill Motors in the kits this last couple of years. Not to mention the motors that are bad are go bad in the competition due to Faultiness or Wear and Tear. So It would not be much of a surprise if FIRST chooses a new motor something more powerful then the Bosch or Chulupa. When the thread was originally started I was pretty much asking the opinion whether or not Should the Bosch Motors be kept in the kits or should they be removed which asks another question Do you like the motors enough due to perfromance and power to keep them or would you want something stronger and more reliable. Since you say

[quote]That's a lot of motors, especially for a model that (if I've been properly informed) has been discontinued.[quote]

that the motors might have been discontinued then the question should be as such: Is there another company that makes a Drill motor that has characteristics of the BOSCH drill Motors that we love so much b/c of its performance or will Dean Kamen and the FIRST organization find a much more powerful & torquey motor that teams will have to get used to all over again. Alot of teams that I saw had a little bit of difficulty trying to devolt the chulupa motor to the same voltage of the Drills so that the teams can use both the Drills and Chulupas in sync for a drive train. In a way I'm glad FIRST included only 3 Drills and 2 Chulupas b/c this gives the teams a challenge. How to get both types of motors running in sync with eachother without blowing something up. If FIRST makes a change in the Kit of Parts then it would be a change for the better. My opinion would be to get rid of the Fisher Price motors. reason being is because I really didn't see much teams using them for anything. Both in last and this years games I really haven't seen much of a fisher price motor. Then again I should look at the Tethers from this year more closely. You can use those little motors for a tiny robot (tether bot) but you really can't use them part of the drive train. Like I said this is my opinion and everyone involved with ChiefDelphi's website are entitled to there own. But I do agree if FIRST takes away the Drills due to Discontiuation they will then find something much better. They have not steered us wrong yet. And I doubt they will ever will
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