CIM Motors reusable?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Gregor

Let me get this straight, you want someone to bring a nearly 10 year old robot from South Carolina to the 2014 Phoenix regional?

I brought that one up a couple weeks back, myself, when he thought that window motors had a lot of power and would be great in drivetrains...

...as a counter-example to show that while it could be done, it was NOT a good idea.



CIMs and their cousins (BIG CIMs from 2006 and 2007, Mini-CIMs, and Bag motors) are some of the most bulletproof motors in FRC, to say the least. I can't think of a single failure of one of those on any robot I've been involved with, even with some pretty hefty abuse. Drill motors, FPs, and BaneBots, I've heard of, particularly when someone abuses them a little bit (or in the event of motor manufacture defect), but very rarely do I even hear about a CIM failure.