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Originally Posted by free_rider_151
On the Bane Bots website they sell an adapter to put 2 CIMs on 1 12:1 gear box. Does anyone know how effiecient this setup is? Can the gear box handle it?
~Olav Oksnevad
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I would imagine that if BaneBots is selling the kit for the Two CIM's into one 56mm Transmission kit, that the Transmission should be able to handle it.
That being said, there are more parts that can fail, and that's never a good thing.
If one of the CIMs fails, you have to disassemble the gearbox, take the new gear off of the broken CIM, put it on a new CIM, then re-assemble the thing. Given the amount of time it takes to change the motor on the single 56mm transmission (This is with the gears already matching), which is about 5-10 minutes depending on the person or whatnot, having to dismantle the converter would take longer. I say it's best to think about what would take the most time to fix if it fails/gets damaged badly and try to minimize about that, even if it means it weighs more.
The weight advantage, however, would be better. Two 2-to-1 converters on 56mm transmissions weighs less than four CIMs with four 56mm transmissions.
The effeciency shouldn't be too bad, either. If you really need the torque, too, you can acquire one of the 16:1 kits that BaneBots sells on their website.