
12-12-2011, 12:21
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Re: [DFTF] Budgeting for a Competitive Robot...
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Originally Posted by Clark Pappas
Unless I read the original post incorrectly, it appears he wants to run CIMple boxes, in which case he won't be spending this much money on the drive train, even if you buy spares for everything and buy an new set of wheels, say the 6" or 4" plaction.
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I don't intend this to be a call out, but there is a little danger in thinking this way. We designed a gearbox preseason last year on the assumption that the KoP gearbox was a Toughbox, and then they switched it out on us.
I would definitely not budget assuming a particular KoP gearbox.
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