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Unread 26-02-2008, 18:16
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AKA: Kyle
FRC #1318 (the IRS (Issaquah Robotics Society))
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Re: Banebots 42MM 36:1 Gearbox Ratios

Hey, I'm Kyle Corbitt from team 1318. We're the people who broke our gearbox.

First off, many thanks to Madison and all of you for helping out! We had hoped that someone would have these available, but I am simply overwhelmed by the level of support we're getting from the FIRST community.

The gearbox broke late Monday night, about an hour before we had to ship the robot. In our brief postmortem we discovered that the final stage, as logic would indicate, was the one with the problem. In the final stage two of the pinions had sheared at the plate and all of the pinion gears were missing multiple teeth. Unfortunately, without my knowledge someone put the broken gearbox in the crate with the robot right before we shipped so it's sitting in Portland right now, beyond further inspection. I'm not sure what failed first or caused the failure but side loading is a definite possibility. Our team will try to rig something up to improve that. Essentially, we're taking our first stab at a crab drive setup this year and there's a LOT of friction in the units. The banebots gearbox is used to turn the module.

Our current plan is to order two 48:1 gearboxes (one to use and one spare) as functional replacements and get them delivered to us at Portland. Thanks for the idea Madison, I have NO idea how we overlooked that alternative.

EDIT: Here's a picture of our robot with one of the mentors working on it. You can see the BB gearbox with the FP motor at the point and the chain running to the wheel module. I also have CAD of the whole machine if anyone is interested.
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