Sonic Shifter vs. Super Shifter

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by Flak-Bait

Those look pretty nice. I'd be interested to see how the open sides work for teams, whether the weight reduction and ease of maintenance outweigh the possibility of unwanted debris. I've never been on a team that uses open gearboxes, but I'm sure that many teams use them. Any opinion on that tradeoff?

With the old design you could lose at least a 1 pound replacing the plastic case with spacers. To combat random debris we took some 1/32in. lexan and bent it around the gearbox and secured the ends with Velcro. It allowed quick visible access to the gearbox when needed and the only time we had a problem with that gearbox failing a few weeks ago we were able to service it without taking it off the robot because we had access.