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Re: Is this a safe gearbox?
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Originally Posted by tpaul18 View Post
I am trying to find a gearbox that will be able to make the robot go about 20 ft/s. Is this gearbox (3 CIM Ball Shifter) safe to use without blowing a sim motor? http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...d=14528178 69
Particularly with the defenses trisecting the field, there's no point in bothering with 20fps, given that you will almost never have a stretch of field to even approach that speed. Go with what Sevcik says, aim for 14fps, possibly even lower and take advantage of being able to push people around.
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