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Unread 18-05-2004, 16:50
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Re: CHIPS
I think a lot of teams have used the chips for drive. Part of the problems for some is that they are high rpm while the drills come with the transmission to gear them down. They are geared down to like 1000 and 500 (not exact) from 19000 rpm (again not exact). For teams that don't have the resources to build the chips into their drive the drills are a very nice option. I also thought the drills had more stall torque. It all depends on what you want to do but both work well. I think for many teams the drills are just easier to deal with because it is the easiest to put into a drive straight out of the kit.