Gearbox Design for an FTC Robot

[Cothron Theiss]

Hmm... Interesting way to do this. I would not design this gearset in this fashion, but I can't say for sure that there is anything wrong with it. Typically, I would have the three input gears mesh with the one output gear, not an input meshed with an input meshed with an input meshed with an output. But, like I said, I can't say for sure that this is wrong in any way. Though, wouldn't a bag CIM with a 100:1 planetary reduction give comparable speed and torque to your current solution with much less weight and complexity? Just a thought.