pic: FRC1646 Precision Guesswork's 2009 Robot - Front Shooter

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Originally Posted by Fireworks 234

Technically speaking, the transmission is exactly the same as what you would get if you bought it now. The only difference is that the color is blue. I don't think that should be an issue.

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

If the anodizing makes this not COTS, then that's true lunacy right there. The transmission is technically speaking identical and wasn't used on a previous year's robot.

"Functionally equivalent" is not the same as "technically identical"... anyone familiar with the now-deceased Bimba rule ought to know that.

I don't like the written definition of COTS, I don't agree with how it is being interpreted even more strictly by the Q&A, and I'm not going to narc on you by asking on your behalf. That being said, let this post serve as a standing wager of a dozen Krispy Kremes that they'd tell you that because it's not available to all teams for purchase, it's not COTS, so it's not legal.

(Now that the Bimba rule is gone, I'm hopeful that some of the other material utilization rules will look very different next year too. If we have enough of these ridiculous discussions, maybe they'll listen.)