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Re: Vex Versachassis
I more see VersaChassis as a nice addition to a market filled with already excellent products. By no means to I think that teams that use VersaChassis are gaining any significant advantage over teams that use the kitbot, another COTS drive train assembly, or even build a custom drive train in a reasonable amount of time. The kitbot has only gotten better, and there will always be advantages to custom-designing a drive train that meets your exact needs. As Chris is Me said, it's all about tradeoffs, and I can bet there will be teams that don't use VersaChassis that beat teams that do.
As for price comparisons, with VexPro, basically any drive train is incredibly cheap. Using essentially the same drive train my team used last year, I'm calculating that it will be around $900 per drive train this year for my team. This is down from $1200 last year, which is incredible. It's possible as we optimize that it will get even cheaper.
Bottom line is, this is an excellent looking product, and I have no doubt that teams will put it to good use during 2014, but it is not the be-all end-all of COTS drive trains or drive trains in general. Seriously, people, calm yourselves down!
Also, note that the VersaChassis bearing blocks are currently listed as being available January 15th.
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