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Re: Team 254 - 2014 Build Blog + Tech Binder

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Originally Posted by JohnFogarty View Post
Looking over your gearbox data/render in both the blog and the technical binder I was wondering why your team chose to orient the CIM motors the way you did. I'm relatively new to gearbox design and I rather like the triangle method that west coast products and AndyMark use. I just wondering what your team's reason was for doing it the way you did.

Is it possible that I could get a look at the .STEP file for the gearbox?
The height required to do so would interfere with their mechanisms for ball loading.

It's a cool variant that can be used to save height, and space on one side of the robot.
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