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Re: Team 1551 Shooter and Turret

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Originally Posted by rc_cola1323 View Post
Wowzers, a direct drive CIM. But the reduction is pretty big due to the size of the gear that meshes with the turret.
The rollers are pretty big, so that gives us a very large reduction. In any case, we can throw the ball clear across the shop, and that's pretty good!

Some minor tweaking is still in order, but we're close to done with the robot, mechanically.

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