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Re: What is the best place to mount CIM motors...?
The answer is: It depends. If you do live axles, you can drive the center wheel (which won't spin any faster than the other two; they'll all turn at the same speed). With dead axles, the gearboxes have to go elsewhere. Where you put them depends on your weight distribution; we put them on the front when the heavier part of the robot was in the back, and a problem with our wheel screws on the center wheel bit us in the butt. Hard.
Ideally, you'll make sure your drive system can handle some Irritating Failures without them becoming Paralyzing Failures.
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2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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