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FRC #1717 (The D'Penguineers)
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Re: 2012 FRC Team 1717 Uncut
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Why was it that you choose to use custom gears for the Rs-550 reduction over banebots planetary gearboxes? Was there any weight saving this way?
We are using Banebots RS-550's for our turning transmissions. We tried to use Banebots transmissions in the past for our swerve, but found them to be too unreliable for our liking.

Our turning transmissions have now run for hundreds of hours on our practice robot and there is no visible wear on the teflon/anodized coating. They have required no service other than the initial lubrication with dry grease. Our current turning transmission gear-train weighs less than a Banebots as well. Also, the backlash is a little better than the Banebots but not by much.