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Re: 2264 dual fp lift gearbox.

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Originally Posted by AndyB View Post
The robot looked the exact same. They were having trouble with their lift and decided to swap out the gearbox. The also changed their drive system from 5 omni wheels to a more traditional 2 wheel-2 omni drive.
yeah, we had 3 CIM's on the base and 1 CIM on our lift. We swapped the lift CIM out for the fps with the new gearbox. We now have a tank drive with 2 CIM's per side. Much better torque. The CIM's don't get as warm anymore .

I'm serious, we could cook hotdogs on them before.

-Vivek
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