Are 2 RC contorllers on 1 bot legal?

[dlavery]

Actually, depending on how you used it, it looks like you might be OK with the Custom Circuit Rules. For example, you might intend to use the additional RC as a preprocssor that is conditioning the input signals from a series of sensors, to offload the primary processor. As long as radio was not being used and the secondary RC was just providing input to the primary RC and not directly controlling any Spikes or Victors, then it doesn't appear that those rules would be violated (obviously, for an official ruling on this, you should submit a question to the FIRST Q&A system).

However, you would still have a problem with the $400 maximum price per item limit, as the RC costs $449.95.

But if that is what you want to do, there are other solutions that may work. For example, a VEX controller (which has the same processor in it as the RC) is available for 149.99. That would fit within the price constraints. Then, as long as you didn't use it to directly control any motors and disabled the radio channel, it seems like you could use it as a preprocessor for the RC. And if you were doing something like running two cameras, had high-resolution encoders on every rotating shaft, throwing in ten unltrasonic range sensors, and adding in a handful of contact switches to really slam the interrupt stream for the RC, then a preprocessor would make a lot of sense.

-dave