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Re: New FTC Platform

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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04 View Post
This may have to do with the lack of power that the VEX motors have. In order to lift the two rings for this years game we had to gear down the joints so much we snapped teeth.
Depends on how you designed your pickup. We can quite comfortably pick up 9 rings on a gear ratio of 1:21 with 2 motors, and our gears have never snapped. I think we may have reduced our gear ratio even more for Atlanta.

However I do think VEX gears are a bit weak. We snapped 35 of the 12 tooth gears last year lifting 6-8 balls.
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