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[Salik Syed]

I don't know... its definitely a good design but it just doesn't seem right....
The shifting transmission is like the core of the robot... teams spend years perfecting their designs and it takes so much hard work... now if anyone can fork over 1 grand they can get a great tranny....its levelling the playing field too much almost like communism... first is for innovation and this feels like a cap on that
the bolt / entire shifting transmission comparison is not really so valid
A bolt is not the focus of your entire robot... that would be like saying just because you use refined sugar in a cake you bake yourself it is the same as just buying a cake...
that was a crappy analogy but oh well....

our team can maybe afford the AM shifter but we just enjoy teaching/learning how different transmission can be made and enjoy the process of making one....
i personally enjoy seeing something i designed and buitl work (or not) than just taking off some bubble wrap .... although popping the bubble wrap may give me some enjoyment it is not quite the same as seeing my own tranny work....
that was off on a tangent kinda...


it would be really funny if FIRST gave us completely new motors this year... lol ... i almost hope that happens....