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Originally Posted by Gearheads1
We are looking at doing a 6WD system this year and had initially looked at having 2cims direct drive the center wheels and then use belts or chains to power the outer wheels.The design has evolved into using a single cim on each center wheel that is chained to the front and using another cim to direct drive each rear wheel. Does anyone see any issues with the evolved setup.I am concerned about matching speeds between wheel sets and a potential loss of power, but I may be worrying for nothing. Thanks for your thoughts.
Brian Holmgren
Team 1723
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Direct drive with a CIM doesn't sound good to me. The native speeds of the CIM's are in the high 1000's of rpm. Unless you are planning to use tiny wheels, you need a gearbox to gear this down to a manageable speed in order to able to control the robot.