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Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski
hmm....AndyMark seems to luck out with just having the fps and the chips in their transmission....
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We took an educated guess, about a year ago, and designed transmissions for the 2004 season (for team 45). This guess took in these considerations:
- FIRST teams like the CIM motor. They are easy to mount, rarely overheat, and durable.
- FIRST teams like the power of the Bosch Drill motor, but it breaks easily and it is difficult to mount.
- The FP motors are cheap and easy to mount, but it is somewhat difficult to get the right one.
Since teams were frustrated with the Bosch drill motor, we focused the design on the CIM motor.
FIRST listens to teams and tries to give them what they want, for the most part. So, I would not call it "luck" if FIRST sticks with the CIM's.
As for the FP motors and the AM Planetary: this gearbox has two pieces that is designed to fit a certain type of motor. If the motor changes from a FP motor to XXX motor, then those two pieces change. One is a gear and one is an aluminum mounting block. We would just have to change a few dimensions on those two details in order to comply with FIRST's motor change.
Andy B.