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KOP gearbox?
Is it just my imagination or is the 2005-2006 KOP gearbox no longer available from IFI? I looked today and do not see it listed anywhere. We have one left from last year that may now be obsolete for this year's competition.
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Indeed, I can't find it anywhere either.
Equally interesting is the Kitbot page, where the frame is not available--it says "Check back after 1/8/07" instead. Could we be receiving a new frame and/or transmission? |
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Put that together with Dave Lavery's quote and I guess we are in for some big changes.
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Hrm begs the question and yet a retirocal one at that - Has Andy Mark partnered with FIRST in such a way to provide some part in the kit for '07 that could limit the availabilityof those parts from teams that would go purchase it themselves or any other vender for that matter?
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Hmmm. Daves comment had we worried about ordering frame and transmission parts to play with before the season. Now that the IFI frame and transmission are there I am not to eager to go out and buy several hundred dollars of parts.
Offtopic, the IFI version 2 traction wheels should be out in the next few days. |
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Oh man.. maybe new motors?
I would say MagMotors, but they are sooo heavy, among other things. It would be nice to have new motors.. the robot keeps getting heavier, the game keeps getting a bit more demanding, so with all this traction the robots are needing to get slower. I would be happy to see some new stuff. That said, I'm not reading into what IFI's pages say. I'd rather be surprised, than dissapointed. |
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Re: KOP gearbox?
To add to the rampant speculation that the few weeks before build season brings on -- the serial (programming) cables on the IFI site also say to check back after kickoff. Could we be switching to USB?
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Re: KOP gearbox?
After several threads about USB and Serial programming i basically concluded that they would stick with serial. But now, maybe. Just maybe we will have USB this year.
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Re: KOP gearbox?
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All the motors are still listed for sale; but the CMUCAM, pneumatic storage tanks, and fuse panels all say to check back. Maybe a new fuse panel, a newer CMUCAM, or pneumatics are on the way? |
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Re: KOP gearbox?
I sure hope so! A USB program port sounds great!
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Re: KOP gearbox?
I really hope FIRST doesnt limit teams to using IFI or AndyMark parts. That would be terrible.
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I dont think there is a new CMUCam, so it could be that they just dont have nay of thsoe right now. |
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Either do I.. I'm just putting it out there. FVC can only use IFI parts. FLL can only use Lego parts... what next?
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Re: KOP gearbox?
Rumor is there's a new kitbot and trannies this year.
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