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Re: Team 254: World's Fastest Climb Teaser

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
We rebuilt our shooter to use 550's instead of mini CIM's and pocketed our 10 point hanger.
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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri View Post
The 550s have been fine, no motor related issues yet. We made a few other changes and were able to up our velocity quite a bit.
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Our shooter also runs on 550s and we've also had absolutely 0 issues with them. We made the switch from mini CIMs for weight and sizing purposes and love the decision thus far.

-Brando

With the output RPM of the Mini CIMs and 550s motors being quite different, how are you handling the differences? Transmissions, sprockets, gears etc.

If I recall from the pictures, Overkill uses belts from the motors to the wheels. Is that correct?
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