pic: 6wd Chassis Design

[nssheepster]

Um, I'm not a super genius at this, but my team has had problems in the past with motors overheating. Wouldn't your motors heat up really fast if they're right next to each other like that? How are you dispersing the heat? Or is it just not an issue?

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by nssheepster

Um, I'm not a super genius at this, but my team has had problems in the past with motors overheating. Wouldn't your motors heat up really fast if they're right next to each other like that? How are you dispersing the heat? Or is it just not an issue?

Running CIMs in this style is more or less standard practice; look no further than the kit's CIMple Box gearbox as evidence. Even the CIM-Sim gearbox designed for heat-a-holic Fisher-Price motors doesn't put too much daylight between the two. If you're not abusing them* (in time or in work demanded), it usually doesn't factor into the equation.

*That's not to say you wouldn't be abusing them in the context of an FRC event; many teams that go deep into eliminations find themselves resorting to ice packs or spray dusters (or I think 433 used dry ice one year) to get the temperatures down on Fisher-Price motors simply because of the tight turn-around times.