FIRST doesn't need to provide gearboxes for the motors in the kop.
Also, this has been bothering me all season with people complaining about the "banebots" motors, people need to realize these are actually incredibly standardized motors.
If you look at any 500 sized motor from any manufacturer, it's going to have a .125" shaft with m3 mounting holes on 25mm spacing... Gee goly, that sounds a lot like a "Fisher Price" motor.... hmmm it also sounds a lot like the motor out of my rc car, or the motor in some random 12V drill, or the motor in my mother's old battery powered hairdryer (awful invention, I know).
What I'm getting at is there are probably more gearboxes on the market for 500 sized motors than any other standard motor size in existence. Even if you limit yourself to just what AM sells, he has MULTIPLE options for mounting these "banebots" and "Fisher Price motors". If you are willing to do some tinkering, there are thousands upon thousands of COTS gearboxes for these motors in very cheap devices all over various markets.
Another great option is to copy team 330, those big honkin' plastic monstrosities of gearboxes in the KOP can mount any 500 sized motor, and some can even mount 700 sized motors. Don't want to special order pinions to interface a new motor to it? Go to a local hobby shop and they'll have a huge selection of 32 Pitch pinions made specifically for these motors.
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
AndyMark has CIM motors on sale. Wonder what that means?
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I also wondered that. He did recently release a CIM based gearbox though, so unsure how valid that is.