Minibot help
 

I was just wondering how some teams get their minibot up the pole so fast.
Our minibot climbs the pole in 6-7 seconds. We currently have one wheel running off of two motors. Any tips or advice?

Re: Minibot help
 

take off those gearboxes, attach tetrix shaft onto the motors, wrap it with latex tubing, and use magnets. you should get under 2 secs

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Ok thanks. Use magnets for what?

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Attatching to the pole.

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oh srry i am not a build so i ask stupid questions like that

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^ pretty much

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Play around with the gears in the gear box and play around with taking the gearbox off

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we dont have a gearbox we just have 2 gears

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The motors come with a pre-attached gearbox. Did you take that off?

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theguyz, perhaps you want to reduce the weight and not use wheels

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I think they did take off the gearboxes because when I saw the motors they didnt have any on them. we reduced the weight of the minibot to around 5-6lbs

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hmmm, trim the weight if you want a faster minibot, but if it works and remain consistent, its still competitive.

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Ok thanks for all the advice

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Umm...what kind of magnets can we use?

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I would suggest magnetic ones.:p

There aren't any restrictions on types of magnet in <R92>. As such, any type is fair game--just use caution if it's mounted on something; whatever it's mounted on also needs to be legal.