pic: 222 3 speed closeup/cutaway

[henryBsick]

Originally Posted by dan 322

Awesome design, but I have to agree with Joe.......seems like the simplest & most robust robot always wins. We had an awesome 3 speed planetary gear, shift on the fly tranny two years ago. Debug period was horrible, but once we got it fixed it was great. I just hate wasting a regional to debugg. ROBUST, ROBUST and ROBUST if you want to win. If not, at least have a lot spared parts pre-made and assembled for quick change.

We thought of this and tried them out. I am not kidding when i say that i ran it until the motors were burning hot then waited untill they cooled and again and again shifting a ton to break them in. They never missed a shift. Plus all of the auton we tested. Wow, all the late nights were on the auton and drive practice. We ran in it a lot in the few days we got and it did perfectly. I think it will cary us through the season and mini's prety well.
-Henry