[Thad House]

We are running 6 CIM's on our drive this year. It was one of the best decisions we have made this year. We have played two districts this year, and have never popped the main breaker once. We are running 4" wheels with a 7.4:1 ratio.

One thing I've noticed is that many teams were gearing high in the past with just 4 CIM's. With 4 CIM's its harder to pop the main breaker. As soon as you bump that up to 6 CIM's, if you run the same gearing that wouldn't pop the breaker with 4 will pop for sure with 6. 6 CIM's really does need to be geared lower then 4 in order for this not to happen. And in essense, because of the MUCH faster acceleration, the time it takes to move across the field doesnt increase much as you lower the ratio and add 2 more CIM's, but the time it takes to move 1/4 of the field speeds up alot.