pic: 179 Swampthing 2011

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I love your robot so much. So simple.

Why are you taking CIMs out of the drivetrain for the arm when you could use the FP + AM Planetary for your arm?

because you can stall the cim for a century with no Ill effects
stall the FP and the impeller melts

Originally Posted by dodar

Did they change the rules to allow 5 CIMs???

look at Swampdude's caption on the picture. we have been over that already

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

because you can stall the cim for a century with no Ill effects
stall the FP and the impeller melts

It's hard to stall the FP in that configuration. In an arm, it exerts enough torque to right the robot!

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

It's hard to stall the FP in that configuration. In an arm, it exerts enough torque to right the robot!

Mabye it can, but it's a liability we want to avoid completely