Thread: Can you mount the tires directly on the gear box?
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Re: Can you mount the tires directly on the gear box?
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Originally Posted by Jack Jones View Post
No problem with speed if you use smaller wheels. With a CIM and that 12:1 transmission and five inch wheels, you'd go about 8fps.
We calculated that we would go just under 9fps if we ran the kitbot wheels (6") on the 16:1 transmission with a CIM. We used the max RPM of 5342, which we got off the FIRST Wiki. Just another alternative