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ditch 'em
Posted by Daniel.

Coach on team #483, BORG, from Berkeley High School and NASA Ames & UC Berkeley.

Posted on 2/17/2000 12:50 AM MST


In Reply to: Drill Motor Anti-reverse Pins... posted by Ken on 2/17/2000 12:32 AM MST:



When you have a 130 pound robot moving along at a pretty decent clip, and it runs into something...those pins will lock up and all the impact will be transfered through the tabs that the shaft wings fit between. If those break, you're dead. Without those pins, you're fighting the motor instead of the internal mechanisms. This is a MUCH better way to go. From all I've heard and from what I've seen, those pins should be removed asap. We ditched ours.

It's also kinda nice if you want to be able to push your robot around instead of having to break your back.
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