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Re: pic: MiniCIM Versaplanetary

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Originally Posted by hill View Post
Are you planning to use these on your drivetrain?

If so, what reduction are you using in the gearbox?
No, we wouldn't risk that. We have a use for one right now and it will probably see the actual robot but it won't be on the drive train. With 6 regular CIMS allowed there is no need (unless you have a serious power need for a climbing device) to use anything but large CIMs on your drive train.

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I really wish you had posted this two weeks ago. At one point I designed a mechanism that fed a mini-CIM through a VP and we had to redesign everything once we realized it wasn't a stock fit. I guess we should have been more creative.

Novel design nonetheless!
I wish we had known as well, we didn't find it until JVN hinted at the possibility. I still can't believe VEX designed all of these features into the gearboxes and never talked about it.
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