Drive train and gearboxes

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Originally Posted by Naveen

Hello all,

I'm a West-Windsor plainsboro HSN(NJ) team 1923. This is my team's first year so none of us are experienced. I have a few questions:

-The chassis video is 2005. It shows the drive train with 4 of the smaller CIM motors. We have been provided with 2 of the smaller CIM motors. IFI kitbot shows us a way of building a drive chain with 2 wheel drive for this year. Is there any way we can build a 4 wheel drive with the materials of the kit only? We have no money (we're in debt) and we have few experienced people.

-If so, could you show me how?

Thanks,
Naveen

with the purchase of some sprockets, you can make it a 4 wheel drive using the kit transmission and one CIM. (look in the good practices portion of the manual, section 5) The only disadvantage is most teams will be using 2 CIM per transmission. Theh kit is really optimised for a 2 wheel drive system. You can try posting to the CD swap for some of the additional parts that you need. I know that alot of veteran teams end up with a lot of parts hanging out on the shef.