The perfect 2 speed Transmission..... features...

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JVN

Jeez folks.. what is with all the drill bashing lately?

I know MANY teams (mine included) that used the drill transmissions las year with NO problems.

That's right, we ran a drill motor/tranny combo all season last year powering our arm shoulder joint (under SERIOUS shock loads) with no problems. None at all. The original tranny is still in that robot today.

Everytime someone posts on these forums "never use the drill transmission! They blow up all the time! We destroyed 80 kabillion of them!"
I wonder: "What the HECK are you guys doing to that poor gearbox?"

Personally I hope we see it back in the kit.
(I know everyone thinks FIRST has ruled them out, but I'm still waiting for the OFFICIAL confirmation, not this speculation stuff, that they're not coming back in 2005.) The drill and tranny (when not used for drive) make an EXCELLENT high powered mechanism motor. Lots of power, lots of reduction, small package.

Seriously,
3 competitions, lots of severe shock loading, no problems.
What are you guys doing wrong?
What am I doing right?

John

Thoroughly agree with you... we used the drills with the transmisions in 2003, 2002, and 2001 with no problems. I remember asking the same question as you last year--what are all these people doing so wrong that they can't use the transmissions?

I'd love to see the drill and it's transmission in the kit this year as well.