Section 8.3.3 Illegal Gearboxes and Chassis

[Andy Brockway]

Section 8.3.3 has specifically outlaws fabrication of predesigned mechanisms.

…But completing detailed dimensioned drawings of parts, ……..intended to go on the actual competition ROBOT is prohibited outside approved fabrication periods….

Strictly taken this outlaws fabricating components from gearboxes based on White Papers here in ChiefDelphi and from AndyMark. These components can be purchased if available from an approved VENDOR, but example 2 under Section 8.2 COTS is illegal.

On top of this <R17> makes illegal any MECHANISM purchased before kick-off. Dave Lavery warned everyone. This includes those shiny new AndyMark transmissions.

This effects all of you that designed a new chassis this past year. Team 25 reported that they had a better chassis for this year. I hope you did not make any drawings! BTW all of last year’s custom chassis’s, complete with drawings, are now illegal.

I am hoping that FIRST will allow detail drawings in the public domain to be legalized.