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A couple of issues

Clark... hey, it's not just up to me!

As for our transmission design and whether it will be published, there are a few issues:

1. The design is not as "clean" as the dual motor mount that is already published. Keep in mind that this gearbox was designed in about 4-5 days, after we all found out about the Chiapua motor addition to the kit. I would definitely have to put in some time to clean up some of the little errors and such to make it presentable.

2. Since this design was done in haste, 3 of the 7 gears involved in each of the 2 gearboxes were custom sized and had to be wire-EDMed. I don't feel really good about publishing a design that many teams won't be able to re-create. When I take the time to go in an clean up the designs, I will try to find some standard gears to replace the custom ones... this may change the ratios a bit, but not too much.

3. We still need to make a "team decision" on if, when and how to publish this. I'd really like to make a "design handbook" which not only has this design in it, but also the dual motor mount, and possibly some other things.

I'd bet that this will be published... I'm just not sure when it's gonna happen. It may be a month or two before it happens.

What I REALLY like seeing is that other teams are finally stepping up to the plate and beginning to publish designs for other teams to use. We went out on a limb two years ago and published detailed mechanical designs for other teams to use and now other teams are joining in. Kudos to Paul (217) and Glenn (60) for providing engineering support to the FIRST community.

Andy B.
 


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