pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by TeraViks

Nice looking CAD rendering 842! Curious though - why 4 CIMs??

The toughbox mini came with the drivetrain and we need the extra power for our hopefully sub 15 second climber. Overall though we are really happy with this drivetrain. The tensioning system is so so simple. No maintenance once assembled except for the cleaning of the belts. Here is a video of it driving:

Slow gear ratio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcrvnKA7g2k

High and most likely gear ratio we will use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0oGbXPg6K4

Note that the reason the standard gearing is so slow is because we went down to 4" wheels for arm clearance reasons.