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Originally Posted by Massako

Thanks a lot without this we probably would have done terribly. I'm going to propose we get some clamping gearbox and also ad a 24:72 gear reduction on top of the 11:72 gear reduction lowering the fps to around 10 feet per second.

I'd slow both of those down a fair bit.

You're likely never actually going to hit the top speed of an 11:72 gearing on this year's field. Acceleration takes time and space, and the game this year is pretty clearly going to be much more about covering short distances quickly, not long ones.

Moreover, a 10 fps gearing may be safe for constant pushing, but is still potentially problematic pending how grippy your wheels are (if you're using the andymark pneumatic wheels, the answer to this is "very") and how heavy your robot is. ~6-8 FPS should be much safer.

In summary: a top speed of 12-16 FPS and a low speed of 6-8 FPS (theoretical) should serve you a lot better.