CIM Motor Sacrifice

[Alex.q]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

BB775 is a BaneBots M7-RS775-18 Motor. Specs can be found here.

CIMulator is a gearbox that will mount 1 or 2 BB 775s and give you an output shaft and output mounting holes of a CIM motor (Basically it allows you to fit BB775s where you'd use a CIM motor). Specs can be found here.

I just looked at that link and I think you are slightly mistaken. It appears that there are 2 different cimulators from BB, one for RS-775s and one for RS-550s. Only the one for the 550 says it can accomodate 2 motors, the RS-775 cimulator can only accomdate 1 motor. Is this correct?

Also, when people talk of using the 775s for shooting, should I assume you mean the RS-775-18v?

Pardon my ignorance, but I was wondering what is meant by the numbers before the motors. I know it has something to do with size or power, but I don't know much more than that. Could someone give me a brief explanation?

Thank you.

[Aren Siekmeier]

Originally Posted by Alex.q

I just looked at that link and I think you are slightly mistaken. It appears that there are 2 different cimulators from BB, one for RS-775s and one for RS-550s. Only the one for the 550 says it can accomodate 2 motors, the RS-775 cimulator can only accomdate 1 motor. Is this correct?

Also, when people talk of using the 775s for shooting, should I assume you mean the RS-775-18v?

Pardon my ignorance, but I was wondering what is meant by the numbers before the motors. I know it has something to do with size or power, but I don't know much more than that. Could someone give me a brief explanation?

Thank you.

Your assumption about the gearboxes is correct. I was just looking at our cimulators for 775s today noting how they only take one, likely because the motor is just too big to fit two with that shaft separation.

We would certainly use the 18V motors since they are less likely to fry due to the higher volt rating. I haven't actually looked at the specs for the 12V, but I imagine they can't be much better than the 18V at 12 volts.

The 550 or 775 business (or 00673, 9015, 9012 if you're talking about the FPs) is for the most part just a part number. The first digit implies something about the size, as the 550s are 500 series motors, a common DC motor size (the FPs are as well, and will mount in many of the same places as the 550). The 775 is a bit bigger and more powerful, as the bigger number implies, but there is no overarching protocol of any sort determining these numbers (that I'm aware of....)