The Best Encoders for Drivetrain

[Dunngeon]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

Question for the people using grey hill encoders. Why don't you use a more structurely sound mounting method or an encoder that let's a shaft in to it?

Because the ball bearings in the 63r give enough support to cantilever the remainder of the encoder in space. As far as I've seen, this method of mounting is the simplest, and consumes the least amount of weight.

Obviously you wouldn't do this on a machine seeing 100's ( or even 10's) of hours of run time because it wouldn't be sufficient. On FRC bots, it's acceptable.