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Unread 14-01-2012, 20:22
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Re: Gearboxes
This may be more work to adapt to your uses than you want, but the Dewalt gearboxes have 12:1, 15:1, and 47:1 ratios (12:1 is 3rd gear). Like Sh1ine and Chris is me said, its probably easier to just use the gearbox you have and perfect the ratio using a belt or chain, but the Dewalts are an option if you have to direct drive. There is a whitepaper somewhere that deals with how to adapt the Dewalts to typical uses in FIRST, but it does not deal with the Banebots motors (since it was written close to 8 years ago and we weren't able to use the RS775 until last year)
Last edited by John : 14-01-2012 at 20:23. Reason: error in ratios