Using "revised" parts from old KoP

jgannon · #1 22-01-2008, 09:48

Neither the 2007 Banebots transmission nor the 2006 CMUCam module are available COTS any more. However, both are available COTS in slightly modified formats... the Banebots transmission has been upgraded, and the CMUCam module, like the one we got in the 2007 KoP, has had the servo headers removed. Per this Q&A, the Banebots transmissions are still allowed, but per <R36>, the 2006 CMUCam is given as an example of a former KoP part that is no longer allowed because it has been revised. I'm not sure I see the distinction, so I'm not sure what to make of the "etc." in <R36>. Does anybody understand what qualifies a part as being "revised"?

Dave Campbell · #2 22-01-2008, 14:17

I'll venture a guess.
The 2008 BB transmissions for sale are revised, a team can not use the 2007 KOP original "version"...only the COTS revision...The text in the Q&A only gives the parenthetical description of "like those in the 2007 KOP." I think that the key is that the revised versions are allowed if COTS.
Same for the CMU cam...the revised version, COTS only.
Just my guess.

EricH · #3 22-01-2008, 14:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Campbell

I'll venture a guess.
The 2008 BB transmissions for sale are revised, a team can not use the 2007 KOP original "version"...only the COTS revision...The text in the Q&A only gives the parenthetical description of "like those in the 2007 KOP." I think that the key is that the revised versions are allowed if COTS.
Same for the CMU cam...the revised version, COTS only.
Just my guess.

That sounds about right to me. (The 2007 trannies started as COTS items, as I recall.)

jgannon · #4 22-01-2008, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Campbell

The 2008 BB transmissions for sale are revised, a team can not use the 2007 KOP original "version"...only the COTS revision.

Dave... I trust your judgment, but I'm hoping you're wrong. That Q&A sure sounds to me like the Banebots transmissions are still legal... particularly since they say "any revision", not "any COTS revision" (hence my confusion). If you're right, some teams are going to be pretty sad at inspection time.

jgannon · #5 28-01-2008, 20:34

The Q&A clarified this issue today:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=8428

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