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Re: [FTC]: New Team / New Opportunity

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The gears in the gearboxes must have been built with a sub-par metal because when we killed gearboxes and opened them there were teeth scattered around the case and one of the gears was broken. And it was the same one every time...
I would have to agree with this. We have one high stress motor position on the robot (it was a core part that we couldn't really redesign mid season) that would kill about a V1 in about a month, but when we put a V2 on it it died in less than a match. That's right, at about 40 seconds left with a new motor it was already chewed up. I will admit, a large part of this was our design, but at the same time there should not be that large of a difference in reliability of the 2 motors.
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Re: [FTC]: New Team / New Opportunity

If I were given a budget of $7000 and the support of a school or similar institution; I would use that gift to start at least 3, and maybe 4, adequately-equipped, VRC teams, in order to be able to give each and every one of 15-20 students, hands-on, direct involvement in all aspects of an inspirational STEM program.

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