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Re: Compact 3CIM Single Speed Gearbox Review

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Originally Posted by Cash4587 View Post
Gearing our 4cim 2 mini cim drive at 10.04:1 this year with 8" wheels made us suffer bad brownout problems. Our batteries would barely get us through a match. We bumped our gear ratio up to about 12:1 or something, this off season and have had much better results. I really suggest you test your gearing with 6cims before building this during a season, you might not move at all due to browning out. Wheel diameter will be a big factor too, so smaller wheels could help with this.
What free speed were you looking at before and after the change? Do you think that removing the MiniCIMs could have helped/ did help?
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