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Originally Posted by kprzewodek
Interfacing with the start output might be the biggest challenge.
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I think this causes this motor to fall into a bit of a utility gap. Teams that have the ability to use the star output shaft may find their resources better suited to implementing a more powerful non-backdrive solution or integrating a sensor in a different design.
Last year, Team 20 actuated their forks by installing a BAG motor to the Window Motor gearbox with an encoder integrated between the BAG output shaft and the worm. More power, included sensor integration, and honestly not that much more difficult than dealing with that star output shaft.
Lower resource teams may be scared away by the star output, it is not easy to interface with at all.
I think if this had a 1/2" hex output you would have a lot more interest from teams. One application that comes to mind is the window motor shifters employed by Team 67 (I think they ditched that when they started using pneumatics?). The slow speed won't hurt you, and the added integrated position feedback might make it simpler to integrate.