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Re: Custom Vs. COTS Transmissions

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Originally Posted by Justin Montois View Post
Now, most of the comments on here seem to be based around transmissions for drive bases. Does everyone have they same outlook for custom transmissions for arms, conveyors, elevators ETC? Still not worth it?
This really depends on the game and mechanism.

We learned the hard way in 2011 that there's no 'easy' COTS solution for an arm transmission that requires a relatively high reduction. If we were to do it over again, we'd definitely build a custom box just so that we can avoid blowing half a dozen $70+ transmissions.

For conveyor games, Banebot P60's aren't a bad solution, neither are some of the AM gearbox combinations that have popped up recently. That being said, with a bit of know-how and a decent gear calculator, you can build a solid 20-ish to one transmission using some COTS gears from AM for half the cost of anything on the market, or so it seems.

Btw, for anyone looking into designing a custom or semi-custom gearbox, this is an excellent resource: http://team1323.com/resources/manafa...alculator.html
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