[Coach Norm]

I am the teacher/lead at 2468, the Team Eric is referring to in this post.

We have used the Banebots for three years now in a variety of applications and have had great success as well as appreciate the service we have received from them.

No information is provided by Banebots as to whether it would be able to handle the stress we placed it under.

Another mentor (physics teacher) ran through all the calculations with a group of students to decide on the FP and the Banebots P60 132:1 mentioned in the post.

The apparatus was mounted in the middle of the chassis. It was positioned within about 6 inches of the rear chassis "C" channel. We had a carbon fiber hook on the bar connected by spectacord to a spindle attached to the output shaft of the P60. The motor was mounted on a 1/4" aluminum plate that was attached to 80/20 rails.

The last output gear was stripped of the teeth in a lift. It was probably the 15 or 16 lift we had made with the system. It would lift the robot above the tunnel in less than 6 seconds.

Maybe this will help with the discussion.

Thanks,
Norman