[Johnny]

I personally think this thread would be more interesting with motors that have more power i.e banebots or fisher price motors(which are the best motors ever imo).

2013: cim with custom 4:1 gearbox for polycord rollers/frisbee intake
2012: cim with custom 4:1 gearbox for polycord rollers/ball intake mechanism
2009: cim with custom 3:1 gearbox for polycord rollers/orbit ball intake; cim with custom 2:1 gearbox for ball dumper

all single stage

The same problem occurs with every reduction calculation...how much? Figuring this problem out, at least in our case, was relatively easy because we used the motor in similar applications, which took out most of the guess work.

Sidenote: Ask this same question with fisher price motors instead of cims. That's where the real creativity in design will come into play because the available power in those motors. CIMS are already pretty fat motors for our applications.