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Don't defend the drivetrain FIRST supplied us with, we're a 4th year team with decent facilities and financing, and we didn't move well till the second day of the second regional. If FIRST wan'ts to even it out a bit, give us gearsets for 4 motor drives made out of metal; the one this year was weak (both in power and in construction).
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Actually those drivetrains were great in my opinion. Of course I do know of ways to improve them for next year by making it easier to assemble. Get rid of the spacers and those things that held the stuff on the shaft. Replace it with shrew on shaft collars that actually compress onto the shaft without marring it. We were a third year team, I assembled the gearboxes with a couple problems, and we moved on the first try we turned the robot. Of course we faced other problems releated to the drivetrain but those were not First's fault.
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I agree that these should be improved upon. That's why I said "enhanced versions of this year's gear boxes" and "with a choice of gearing". We can keep enhancing them until they work.
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Yeah I do not think First will be able to do that. I think it is impossible to have one gearbox that is designed to use more than one gear ratio in it (unless you drill extra holes) because of the way you need to space everything.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 16-04-2003 at 14:45.
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