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Re: Alternatives to Banebots transmissions.

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
You could use the FP gearbox and a 2:1 reduction to get ~the same (2 and some change will give you the reduction you need). My brother posted a picture of a nice easy way of interfacing with the FP gearbox a couple days ago.

EDIT: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36316 There is the picture and description of the part. If you would like more details I have another 3 of those sitting in my shop right now and can measure them.
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Originally Posted by jwfoss View Post
There have been various alternatives posted here on the forum

Large Discussion:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...nebots+plus+fp

Here is our teams solution:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/36278?
This was the first option we thought of as well. The problem is, with the design of our tower and arm, there is no location where the FP trans can go that will work. In fact, I even pulled out the materials to make the interface you mentioned Andrew, but without a location to mount the tranny, it really becomes a mute option.
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