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Originally Posted by Arpan

We used these gearboxes on our robot this year. They were fantastic, esp. considering how we abused them. A few notes :

1. LOCKTITE like the instructions say. We did not do this and it caused several screw failures throughout the season, resulting in worn teeth on some of our gears. The gears themselves are overbuilt - they survived the extreme chipping a CIM coming unmounted caused.

2. The 22 fps calculated speed is too fast to drive without proper code, and will blow your breakers whenever you hit anything. For FRC applications , I don't recommend going faster than 16 FPS.

I'd be very interested in seeing the results of your tests of different ratios.

Thanks Arpan! I will definitely post the results of our testing for you to veiw

I will remember the locktite! As for the speed I was actually having an mental debate with myself, and that is: Why gear for a high speed like say 22 fps? How often will you actually attain that speed? Being able to accelerate quickly is much more beneficial (in my mind) then being able to reach a high speed after spending a notable amount of time accelerating. Just a thought, and one of the reasons for the testing