[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by team3192

Thank you again for the feedback. Our team will regain access to the robot in approximately 3 hours, so we will not be able to test anything until then. After speaking with the mentors and administrators, they came to the conclusion that based upon previous tests the gearboxes are mostly to blame. The robot used to run with toughbox minis, but was switched to CIMple boxes to reduce height. The mentor I spoke to previously thought I was talking about the toughbox minis when I asked about the gearboxes. Hopefully the issue will be solved by the time competition begins. Thanks again for the help.

-Tigerbytes

Yup, that is probably the issue. The CIMple box is a 4.67:1 ratio, while the toughbox mini could have been anywhere from 5.95:1 to 12.75:1, depending on the configuration. It sounds like the easy solution is to either go back to the mini's or add another 2:1 or 3:1 reduction somewhere (look at the monk's to see what reduction you previously had!)