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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
Here you have a rookie that's done its homework, has an experience FIRSTer working with them and spent more than three days trying to get something to work that was listed as a "proven solution" in the tips and best practices guide. I saw the bent planet teeth myself that were hitting the mounting hole housings between stages and I also saw a central gear move laterally about 1/8" during a bench test. Mind you when the team first got these itemd they spent time filing burrs off of gears just to get it all to run the first time. I'm concerned that some of this product may also be pushing the limit of acceptable tolerances.
I'm not trying to bash anyone, and I'm very glad Dr. Joe is working so hard on this. I'm sure his work will prove to be a huge benefit down the road. But, standing there with this crew, what they didn't have was time and neither an experienced mentor from another veteran team or myself could guarantee that it would run well even if they supported the shaft better, and had plates to sure up both sides of the box (which another team would have had to make for them), and they found a way to offer more motor support.
I know everyone involved is working hard on a solution and I understand that new vendors are important for a lot of reasons. However, as a rookie team mentor last year all I can say is that I'm so glad that the kit gearbox we had in 2006 was so robust. I'm equally thrilled right now with the team's decision to go with AM single speeds.
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Kres, I agree, I don't want to bash anyone, but i do know that something went wrong here. coming from a team with little to no engineering support at least mechanically i have got to say that we aren't taking the chances of waiting for a fix, and are already getting the money together for AM single speed, and i would like to thank bane bots for their donations, and also hope that this doesn't end their fledgling entry into FIRST
--Big Mike