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Originally Posted by Camren
Seeing as the fisher price motor is illegal this year, has any team adapted their gearboxes to accept legal motors?
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The Fisher-Price motor from previous years is in the family of '500-series' motors. Pretty much anything using the same case size, like an AM-9015, BaneBots RS550 or RS555 will fit into the same mounting geometry as the FP motor. The only real part that's specific to that motor or transmission is the pinion, some of which are 19T 32DP, and then there are a handful of other sizes out there.
If you decide to use an AM-9015 which is physically identical (within reason) to an FP motor, you should be able to swap the pinion from the FP onto the 9015 without issue. If you use an RS550 which has a slightly smaller shaft diameter (3mm vs. .125") and lacks the knurling that the FP and AM9015 output shafts have, then you may need to look into a pinion with a set screw, or some type of retaining compound like loctite 609 to get a proper fit.