Rookie team drive tream idea

[Jedi Padawan]

Originally Posted by Solace

Ok, here goes

The two chips are not quite as powerful as the drills. I think that the drills give you a little under 350 watts and the chips give a bit over 250 watts. The next highest motor in power capabilities is I think the fischer price motors, with something like 200 watts. (don't quote me on the numbers).

The only problem with the Bosch's is they tend to be (at least with the prefab gears) a little more shall we say finnicky? When you pull them out of the box you immediately have to watch out for the leads to the motor (electrically) they are very very prone to breaking (we ended up sticking wire nuts on the ends during one match in GA and having all three of us electrical people working on it in the line for queing...) so you have to keep them from being pulled on or just resolder them. Secondly you have to watch the gear box it at some points will actually pop open (a mentor of mine noticed this on his team last year) so in short when using the Bosch's be careful and design it so that they have enough room that they are actually accessible in case you need to get them (another problem with my team's design last year). Meanwhile the CIM motors are very sturdy (good grief they are practically bricks) and they haven't failed us yet. If your a rookie team though I would probably use the Bosch's if your looking for the most "bang for your buck". They without the preassemble reduction give you .51 hp and with it give you .30 hp, whereas the CIM motors give you .46 or .41 ish power. I would say over all though either is a safe bet for a rookie team, but Bosch's will win out in power.