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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
It's going to be interesting to see AndyMark adapt to this: they've released some nice new components as well, but I can't help but conclude they've been grossly upstaged. AndyMark has the FIRSTChoice contract, but they're going to have to work on optimizing the details to catch up to IFI's latest offerings. And since it's too late for major part changes for 2013, will this force AndyMark to cut prices and reduce their 2013 earnings targets?
As for BaneBots, given IFI's new planetaries, they're done for. There is a 0% chance that I'd waste my time dealing with BaneBots' frequently unreliable gearheads, or their hit-and-miss service, when IFI—full of people I know and trust—is offering a substitute at a comparable price, with the promise ("coming soon") of better documentation and reasonable prospects for on-time delivery. BaneBots can't be making much profit on their low-end can motors, and unless they have a huge surprise for us, that's essentially all they'll be selling to FRC teams this year—I doubt they'll be back in 2014.
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I think we before we start counting out these companies, we must remember that a number of items from the KOP will come from AM and Banebots. Now, while for teams that don't keep up with the inner happenings of FIRST, this doesn't mean much, but for teams that don't keep up will be inclined to simply go off the KOP's recommendations of where to get more product.
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Originally Posted by mlantry
not to seem like an idiot but does this shift between a low and high gear. because looking at the cad model i can't see how. Also how does ball shifting/braking work. thank.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7ng4OWilUY's a small video detailing just the basic core of the transmission. It isn't very good, but it gets the main idea across.
- Sunny G.