Thread: Transmissions Effective in This Year's Game?
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Unread 28-04-2005, 16:34
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On to my 16th year in FRC
FRC #0696 (Circuit Breakers)
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Re: Transmissions Effective in This Year's Game?
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Originally Posted by Starke340
Team #340 found that we really did not need a transmission this year. It was helpful for major pushing matches, but overall was not used as much as we thought.
I couldn't agree with you more. We put a LOT of work into building the most powerful transmission in the nation and we never really got a chance to use it to it's full potential. When we decided to build it we thought it was the right transmission for the game (we even were thinking of three speeds) but now that we have seen how the game is played, we could have gotten away with much less. You can check out the motors here and the two speeds here.

We'll put out a whitepaper in the summer.

Next year, I'd like to do 4 DeChips (CIM w/ Dewalt tranny) each directly driving a wheel (no chains). But, it is up to the team and depends on the game.
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