NeveRest 60 in FRC

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by EricDrost

My recommendation to any team using these motors in FRC (or FTC) is to remove the gearhead/buy the version without the gearhead. As others have said, these motors integrate very well into VersaPlanetary gearboxes. We put 2 of our 8 NeverRest motors into VP gearheads last season and experienced zero failures with them. This season we have put every single motor on the robot into a VP and have had zero failures so far.

TL;DR: The motors are pretty good but replace the gearhead for serious use.

For FRC this seems like a pretty unoptimal choice. By going into a VP you're barely saving any weight over a BAG/775 (and no weight over a 550) and giving up a HUGE power advantage.

For FRC applications where you desire a motor w/ low speed, low power (to be more robust) and integrated encoder, the PG71's motor on a versaplanetary fits the bill much better.