Super Shifters

[Peyton Yeung]

I've used a supershifter in 3 of my 7 years in FRC. Very reliable in my opinion. This year we are using the sonic shifter plates to give it a centralized output shaft.

[martin417]

In 2012 the supershifters cost us a regional. There was a problem with roll pins shearing that year (we found out later). At the end of the last qual match (which we won), the pin sheared. We did not know it until one side of the drive would not work during the first semifinal match (we lost). After the match, we looked it over and couldn't find a problem. In the second match it still wouldn't drive (we lost again). Turned out unless there was a load on the drive it did fine, but as soon as we loaded it up, it would start to slip.

They may have corrected the issue since then, but be aware.

[Knufire]

That issue was fixed after 2012. The pin has been replaced by a solid body #4-40 screw. 469 ran into the same problem on the 2012 practice robot, but the pin never sheared on the competition robot until the offseason.

[DrewMatic]

Thanks for all of the input