If a team shows at inspection a robot that has direct drive for autonomous skills matches, but they change their gear ratio for driving skills and teamwork matches to increase their robot speed. Is that modification legal during the tournament? Although the changes may be considered as "subsystem 2", it modifies in a significant way how the robot drives through the field.<R3>
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Official Q&A: VEX IQ Robotics Competition 2024-2025: Rapid Relay
2134: Modification of Subsystems
Answered by committee
The modification you describe would be legal during a tournament. Per Clauses A & B of rule <R3>, the Robot must be inspected in both configurations.