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[keehun]

Next time FIRST changes a "big" rule like 5 CIMS to 4 CIMS, they should contact at least the big vendors (even if it's NDA'd) and let them know that teams will probably crash their websites to find engineering alternatives...

Really not cool, I feel, because the well established, mentored, resourced teams get their CADs done in the first week and start ordering where as smaller and less established teams take sweet time designing and then we find out the fast teams get these parts and now the gearboxes have 15+ business day wait.

I mean nothing to complain about, but just thought FIRST could have been a little more upfront about this issue!

And again, I'm not trying to whine...

Keehun

[MrForbes]

Some of the slightly more experienced teams are figuring out how to use window motors to get the job done because of the long lead time on transmissions.

There are usually several different solutions to a problem.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by keehun

Really not cool, I feel, because the well established, mentored, resourced teams get their CADs done in the first week and start ordering

Perhaps other teams who don't do this might want to start thinking about how to refine their processes for next year.

[rsegrest]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Perhaps other teams who don't do this might want to start thinking about how to refine their processes for next year.

Agreed. Also, make sure you fax your POs (if that's what you're using to place the orders). We didn't fax ours until we realized that they were waiting on them in order to process our order. Cost us about 5 days of build time on our arm...