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Originally Posted by Ice Berg
There are two of these. The ones from the 2007 KOP and the new model. Both are legal COTs. Make sure if you are using cad files from the 2007 KOP you get the right ones from banebots:
http://banebots.com/pc/Closeout/GP-56012 (the ones from 2007)
Banebots now normally sells their new model:
http://banebots.com/pc/P80K-nnnn-0005/P80K-43-0005
Both are legal and almost the same aside from a few differences. The CIMs mount differently and the output shaft on the old one is longer. |
Careful with the distinction between the GP-56012 and GP-56012-HC gearboxes. FIRST has issued
a Q&A with their opinion on the matter. (I'm assuming that their answer presumes that the gearboxes in question meet the conditions for being covered under <R32>, namely COTS parts from an old robot, or used-to-be-COTS.)
I don't know if the GP-56012 (e.g. from the 2007 kit) is available as a COTS item;
this one, for example, doesn't specify the "-HC" anywhere, so it might be a COTS source for the GP-56012 to which the GDC referred. By contrast, BaneBots specify that the ones on closeout have hardened plates, and are therefore the GP-56012-HC versions.
There's a parallel discussion of similar issues happening
here. It might be wise to wait until FIRST answers the question mentioned in that thread (from FRC57/Kevin Sevcik), before making a final decision on any parts that were at one time custom-ordered by FIRST for the KoP.