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Originally Posted by banebots
Given the number of RS-775 motors shipped since implementing the 100% testing practice and the very low reported number of problems we believed our testing adequate. It should be noted that no attempt is made to fix any motor that fails testing - failures are removed from product inventory and isolated where they can not be accidentally mixed in with tested product. It would appear from posts in this thread that we may need to review parts of this process. We would ask for a bit of help from teams that have made posts about recent failures with RS-775s. We are particularly interested in posts by the following teams:
Team 1114 (post 224)
Team 1323 (post 231)
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We have not contacted Banebots due to a few reasons:
A) We are darn happy with the p60 4:1 gearbox, literally we are using them all over the place.
B) We did not actually place the order, but if Adam (FRC973) has it please put it up. We put a bulk order in with 973 last year. Our issues happened after season even tho 973's happened during.
I am not remotely trying to be rude, but here's a perspective from our team:
In 2007 we used banebot gearboxes, we went through around 20-30 and even though we weren't remotely good that year. We still could not drive around. We found that a ton of teams were killing those gearboxes.
We bought the generation of gearboxes before the p60's and had issues with those. So we stopped using them in 08.
In 2009 we took another shot at them, we had the gears pretty much turn to dust as the gearbox on our intake exploded 4-5 times. Yes properly greased and well kept/mounted and the shaft was supported.
2010 we didn't bother using them.
2011, we took another shot at them and used the low reduction ones as basically an "integrator to fp's and other 550/775 style motors. We were extremely stoked and loved the new p60 line.
2012, we have ordered around 12 p60's and 12 rs 550 motors. Can't wait to get them. As they make our design a lot easier.
Banebots, the real issue, a lot of teams have here is simply that the 775 motor has lost teams a lot of matches and some of the products have been garbage.
We are still using parts from banebots but we've been bitten multiple times. There's only so many times a team will allow it, we as a team have the resources to just cut our own 32DP gears and call it day.
But we are still using banebots this year.
-RC