So this year we ran a two-speed 4 CIM drive with auto-shifting, geared about ~11 in low and 16 or 17 in high, on 4 inch wheels. With the current auto shifting setup, would it be beneficial to make the low gear lower to accelerate faster?
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Originally Posted by waialua359
I say run as quick as your drivers can handle comfortably and give yourself the option to switch into a ~5fps low gear range in pushing situations. There are many more options available that you can buy compared to just a couple of years ago. Our robot this season accelerated much better vs. our 2013 robot.
In 2015, we plan to run faster (add additional motors also), with the intent that our 5th year driver will be able to handle it and he wants to.
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So what was your 2014 setup like? I didn't see it to much in the pits, but it was definitely one of the fastest robots I saw this year.
So would an ideal system (barring weight and other limiting factors) be a 6 CIM two-gear drive, the low being only used for pushing, and high gear for everything else? I think this is what 254 used this year.