re designing old mechiniism

[Andrew Dahl]

yes the manual was read and debated ad infinitum by the team

And by your interpretation everything on your bot must be brand new design so you could not fabricate the same drive train as you have used in the previous years

as long as we go buy the same aluminum stock/ and order new busihngs and pins and order a new piston to power it that EVERY OTHER team has access to getting making it we can essentailly build the same device-i
as long as i dont reuse the old material from the original mechinism as a whole
and change it
i read the rule as you cannot unbolt a mechinism from a old robot and bolt it on to a new robot and use it- if you re create the same mech from new parts that is ok

[KenWittlief]

I think we are saying the right things but getting the meanings of the words mixed up.

a design is something drawn on paper - you CAN use old designs

a mechanism is a physical assembly with fabricated components - you CANNOT take a mechanism or any team-fabricated parts off old bots and use them this year.

we are saying the same thing, but using the words differently.

[Andrew Dahl]

yes thanks
well off to the machine shop i go then-


that will save my desing team fits coming up with a new "ball handler"just need to work on the new components