"Spare Parts" Rules Are Broken

[CrazyCarl461]

Originally Posted by Astronouth7303

Maybe we should have forfeited the next match and swiss-cheesed them.

That is exactly what you should have done. No question. You gotta do what you gotta do to play by the rules. Playing overweight is flat-out unacceptable.
By the way, we had to remove our compressor, too. It sure is harder, but we get by.

Originally Posted by Biff

Sooo, next time any sprocket over about 20 teeth in #35 chain will be Aluminum.

I agree, there is nothing wrong with using aluminum sprockets as long as there are enough teeth engaged (i.e. big enough and enough chain wrap). Our arm has a 60 tooth hubless aluminum sprocket that we got from a snowmobile parts distributor out in California. We even drilled holes in that! If has got to be the coolest thing on our robot.