2 Speed Transmissions in the Future

Cory · #7 07-05-2007, 16:10

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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

So are you saying that team's wouldn't agree upon adding $500 to the reg. fee to be able to have durable (not BB!) trans in the kits from years to come?

I would figure many teams would jump to it if all they had to do was pay an extra $500 to the reg. fee to get those in the kits.

No, they wouldn't.

$500 is a very significant amount of money for a lot of FIRST teams. More than many have available to build their entire robot with.

Any increase in price would not be well received by the FIRST community, even if it is "only" $500.

In addition, there's no reason that a low cost, reliable alternative to the banebots transmissions can't be included in the kit.

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