Thread: KOP transmissions: Your turn.
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Re: KOP transmissions: Your turn.
For those of you that care about such things, here are some little known factoids about the KOP transmissions of 2005 - 2006:

1. Designed by Paul Copioli and JVN.

2. Design, prototyping, testing completed by Paul Copioli and Giovanni Copioli (4 years old at the time) was 100% donated time.

3. The gears inside the transmision were manufactured by AndyMark. I think the motor shafts were too.

4. The die cast aluminum housing source was found by AndyMark.

5. The cost of the gearbox without the motors and bearings was around $30. The bearings were donated in 2005 and 2006.

6. The gears were not lightened due to cost, but teams could easily do it themselves.

7. The gearbox was designed for back to back operation. the 2 gearboxes could be stacked to create an arm gearbox capable of a ratio of 163:1. The gearbox was designed to take this load.

Anyway, that's all I have for now.