Thread: Ohh Well another trans down the tube
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Re: Ohh Well another trans down the tube
I'm not a physics major but I have designed and built a two motor two speed pneumatic shifting gearbox and competed with it in competition. I think the two motor system helps but I think it could be argued that that much power is wasted on a FIRST robot. with only 130 lbs of robot there is no way that you can transfer all that tourque to the ground. Your wheels will spin out before your motors will stall. I think using one motor per side and adding some sort of skirt or other mechanism to transfer the weight of another robot to the ground is the way to win the pushing match not adding more motors. what does everyone else think?