Minibot under 2 seconds
 

How would I go about creating a minibot under 2 seconds. I now that I would need to remove the gearboxes and use a magnet. But I am wondering how I could come up with a way to make the output shaft of the motor longer while making it legal?

Re: Minibot under 2 seconds
 

There are several posts addressing this issue, and your questions are answered there.

Re: Minibot under 2 seconds
 

There is no "need" to remove the gearboxes or use magnets to make a sub 2 sec minibot.

Gearboxes that are modified to a 10.4 to 1 ratio, custom PVC pipe wheels, weight around 3lbs and rubber bands to provide the normal force for traction is how we made very consistent ~1.8 sec minibots that do reliably trigger.

We did try a couple of iterations of rod wheel minibots but they were no where near as consistent for us....yet.