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Re: pic: Jaguar next to Victor

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What I am most concerned about though, is why they apparently wasted so much time making an eye-candy case when they could have devoted that time to instead making it smaller. (Whether or not the case is square and boxy or more streamlined than a 1950s toaster makes no difference on its performance.)
Maybe the case/shell is designed as a cover to keep all those metal shavings out and the magic smoke in??? Maybe we will be allowed to remove the outer case for space saving reasons if we want to but under the "user beware" sort of rule.


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I would rather give up all the whiz-bang features of the Jaguar in all but a limited number of applications for the more practical, space-saving features of the Victors.
Maybe that is the plan. Who at FIRST has said officially that the old Victors are either our or in next year? Maybe we will be given the Victors as always but if you want to use these new heavier/larger/etc. Jaguars because you want to take advantage of the extra features you will be allowed to? Maybe we will be "given" 2 of each in the KoP instead of all of one or the other. Nobody but FIRST knows at this point.

I think we should all just wait and see what happens between now an January. FIRST teams have a pretty good history of doing some amazing things within the limits they are given to work with. Whatever happens with the whole new control system including these new speed controllers will just be part of the limits we are given to work with. I suspect the pros will outweigh the cons but only time will tell.
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