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Re: Gearbox selection

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Originally Posted by ,4lex S. View Post
I am not so sure that you can use the 2007 KOP BaneBots Gearboxes on a legal 2009 FIRST robot, we looked into it but decided that rule R-32 prohibits this course of action.



Its a pain because we have 4 or 5 of them collecting dust... Either way, they are a robust piece of kit (unless you drive them with 2 CIMs each at a huge hunk of Aluminium and smash straight into it repeatedly... ). The P80s look okay and the GEM 500 does too if you can afford them.
They are a current COTS item, not custom made for FRC. Thus, <R32-B> does not apply.
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