09-01-2017, 16:55
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 877
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Re: Do fans count as motors?
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Originally Posted by asid61
That's the rule that's always been in contention for me:
"Hard drive motors or fans that are: included in any Kickoff Kit, distributed via FIRST Choice, part of a legal motor controller (including manufacturer provided accessories), or part of a legal COTS computing device"
Does this mean any fan part of a computer is legal for use outside the computer, or legal for use only when it is integral to the device?
Kit and FIRST Choice fans seem to be legal in all cases, but many teams buy extra fans (sometimes for reduced noise).
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in the past (standard disclaimer), once the fan is removed from the legal COTS computing device is no longer legal as it is not in the inclusion list in R32. (it only allows that fan as long as it is still part of the COTS computing device)
Kit and FIRST Choice fans are legal in all cases. Spare fans (i.e. quieter ones) that are not kit or first choice are not legal.
R32 does not specify the usage of the fans, just the source.
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my theory on the matter was always something along the lines of "Oh, we're all girls? What an odd thing for you to notice." - karinka13 [more] 
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