Removing FP motor outside sleeve legal?

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by Rob

Hello,

Does anyone have a hunch about whether removing the steel sleve around the outside of the FP motor would be legal under <R54>?

It seems to me that this would meet the "intent" portion under modifying the mounting arrangement of the motor (we would like to remove it to facilitate mounting).

We are posting to Q&A but I was interested in seeing what people's opinions of this are.

On a more academic front, does anyone have an estimate of how much power the motor could lose by removing the sleeve?

Thanks,

Rob

Rob,

Obviously you realize that it is there for a reason and that you will lose power if it is removed. Good...

In the past, this question has been asked many times and the GDC's response has always been no.

However, to get this year's response, you should post this to the official FIRST Q&A.

In reply to your last question, since the GDC has never allowed the sleeve to be removed, I'm not sure that anyone has ever done testing on it in that configuration.

Regards,

Mike