Kit item request for 2006

[Swampdude]

As far as sensors go, I think most people would agree that a couple rotary encoders would be a great addition. Maybe a couple pots as well. I'm not sure what the success rate of the Hall effect sensors were, but I personally didn't see many teams "successfully" using feedback during autonomous. I think pots and encoders would be much easier and much more useful as far as autonomous navigation goes.
I personally doubt we'll see the banners or CMU's (I hope) again. I also haven't seen too many people use the accelerometers or gyro's when we had them. But every year I've wanted pots and encoders just as a basic need. Sure we could go buy whatever, but I think FIRST would save money by getting rid of the halls, accelerometers and especially the CMU. Then give us something useful like pots and encoders (preferably optical with good resolution). Although seeing as how the registrtion didn't get cheaper, there's still a costly gizmo likely to be coming like the CMU but hopefully not. What say you?