Banebots Motor Question

[AlexH]

They are pretty sturdy, a lot sturdier than the old 36mm boxes. The most common failure point as in most other planetary gearboxes is the carrier plate sheers its pins that hold the planet gears. That only really happens when they receive a large shock load or are stressed too much in a cantilever setup.

[jason701802]

They're pretty good, but a cheaper and often stronger solution (that has no lead time) is to get a old cordless drill that uses the same size motor (775 in your case) and just do a drop-in replacement of the stock motor. People have been using Dewalt drills like this for years, even running CIMs through them (there's also a white paper detailing the required modifications), and last year we used the transmission from an old Milwaukee that we got at a used tool store for $30 or $40 and never had a problem. Some drills also have an anti-backdrive mechanism, which can be useful. The hardest part is mounting the transmission, but there are a lot of possibilities.

[ratdude747]

I will second the notion that the new BB transmissions are flimsy... they have gotten better, but the old black ended ones were so bad that improvement doesn't mean much.

I'd say use some AM planetaries and a couple FP motors... much stronger and powerful.

[diviney]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

I'd say use some AM planetaries and a couple FP motors... much stronger and powerful.

Unfortunately, all AM planetaries currently show out of stock (only 1 week after Kickoff).