[techtiger1]

Originally Posted by Ben Piecuch

I understand the importance of discussing COTS parts, vendors, and the like. However, please start a new thread and discuss it there.

Could we please get back to answering my initial question, and post your experiences with the Big CIM in a drivetrain application, using the kit gearbox in parallel with a small CIM.

Thank you,

BEN

Thank you Ben. Getting back on topic my team 1251 used the big cims last year along with one small cim per side in a two speed custom mesh shifting setup. I can tell you they have some nice torque and we were able to push around most robots with two small cims. We did notice with them in this application that they like battery power and drain the 12 volt quite quickly especially in a shoving match. I can tell you that probablly 70 percent of the time during matches we were running them above there peak power that the motor curve shows for them not sure what that is right now but ya our robot was primarily defensive last year so we ran them pretty good. I definitely think there worth investing in the drivetrain considering the array of motors you still have left for everything else. We thought about 3 cims last year but didn't see the advantange in it considering last years game. Finally, I can say that our team came out with positive impressions of the big CIM, so much so that plans are to use them in our transmission again.

My two cents,
Drew