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Re: 6 CIM Drivetrains... What's Your Experience?

Last year my team used 6 CIMs and it was pretty awesome. We had huge torque and a pretty decent speed. Throughout the entire regional and an off-season event this past November we didn't lose any pushing fights (possibly one at the regional, can't remember).

However, use caution when having such high torque. In the last match we played at the off-season event I shattered our middle wheel on one side when I hit another robot, knocking the chain off and leaving our poor robot limping from side to side. We didn't realize until we disassembled it before this build season that all of the six wheels were cracked; that one wheel just gave first.

tl;dr: It's a load of fun to push around whoever you want, but be aware that it is in fact possible to push too far.
 


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