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Re: CIM Motor Sacrifice

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Originally Posted by nitneylion452 View Post
Do you plan on doubling up on that set up? As in 2 or 4 motors driving 4 wheels? If you only have 2 wheels, there won't be enough points of contact to ensure a consistent shot, unless you guide the ball to the same spot each time.

Also, going from a CIMulator to a CIMple box seems like a lot of work. You can change the gear ratio of a gearbox to better match your needs. However, I doubt you'll need to do that since the CIMulator is designed to give similar performance to a CIM. A standard CIM has plenty of speed and torque to launch a ball.
The only reason that we wanted the CIMple box is to combine two motors and have one output shaft (if needed). We plan on testing our prototype shooter today with a CIM (maybe 2) through the CIMple box. Is there a simpler way to do this?
As for the amount of wheels, will will find out today in our test.
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