FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Collin Fultz

Mark -

I don't know that this is necessarily 100% true.

Going by the 2014 manual (I can't find the 2015 with the site redesign), only the motors listed in Table 4-1 are legal.

So a motor could be in FIRST Choice, but not in that list of motors. That motor could then be used on the robot, just not as a "motor".

-CF

I concede the point that the manual does rule.
A good instance is the KOP white Clippard tanks that were explicitly called out by the 2015 rules as no longer legal despite having been KOP items.

Although, it does mean we shouldn't take FIRST Choice motors until the season's rules are issued.
I mislead myself thinking of this old Frank quote that admittedly doesn't apply since it is taken way out of the season in which it was Blogged:

- It’s safe to assume that if you see a robot component in FIRST Choice when it opens for “window shopping” on November 12th, it will be legal for teams to use in the 2013 season. Please don’t go all ‘lawyer’ on me with this one. Use good judgment. If you see a plasma cutter available in FIRST Choice, you should not think you’ll be able to put it on your robot. (Spoiler: There will be no plasma cutters available in FIRST Choice).