Go to Post I am speechless......but I will think of something by the time it becomes an obvious candidate for the photo caption contest. - Rich Wong [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Motors
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #14   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 20-01-2017, 12:04
cj3958's Avatar
cj3958 cj3958 is offline
Registered User
FRC #5234 (Marauderbots)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: East Lansing, MI
Posts: 34
cj3958 will become famous soon enough
Re: 2 cim vs 1 cim

Yes you could theoretically do this. It is probably not a good idea for several reasons. The first is that you probably don't need to save weight. This year especially, unless you have 12 moving actuators and you make everything out of steel you probably won't be too close to the 120 lb limit. If you want to just be lighter so you accelerate faster, removing the motor is not the way to go. Drive train motors put more energy into moving than they take out, so removing them will not help you accelerate faster. If you really need to weight savings, I would recommend using 2-3 775pro's per side. They have approximately the same power output, but they are a lot lighter. The downside is that they COULD overheat, but they probably wont. You can use a CIM-ile from vexpro as your first stage, and from there it will fit right on to the toughbox. I would only do that once you find out you need the weight though.

TL;DR
You can, but you shouldn't(most likely). Better option would be to use 775pro's, but the best option is to simply use more CIMs.
__________________
Current Lead Mechanical Mentor for 5234 the marauder-bots http://www.marauderbots.com/
Previously a student for one year on team 246 - Overclocked and 3 years on 3958 - Schodinger's Cat
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 18:47.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi