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Re: 6 CIM Drivetrains... What's Your Experience?
We ran a 6 CIM drive this year and it was okay but we geared it pretty high to be able to keep up with other robots. (5.33:1 than 26:22) with 8 versawheels. We could hold our own in pushing matches but we were always on the edge of brown/black outs. We blacked out once at Razorback and browned out in our first match at IRI other than that our driver kept it with in it's limits.
It was a fun experience and it helped us win a few matches but we will almost certainly be using 4 CIMs and Ball shifters this year instead. It wasn't worth the fear of possibly popping the main breaker in any given match.
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