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Yes, we are all about #teamsliprings, but sincerely wish FIRST would reinstate the mercotac model as legal. We had double, arguably triple, redundancy in the slip rings we used this year, but they were... not elegant. Until we put them in the 3d printed towers to get some clearance we needed.
We also like the simplicity of the straight gearing (including for encoders). The bag motors and vex planetary gearboxes for steering have worked well for us. One hitch in the gearboxes required a custom fix to overcome a gear alignnent/retention problem (we talked to vex, they endorsed the fix and seemed to be familiar with the problem)
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Mentor, FRC MARS/WARS 4143 http://www.marswars.org
Mentor, FLL Peoria Montessori 8432
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.
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