Banebot transmission no longer COTS?

[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Dillon Compton

My guess is that Banebots has pulled their stock untill they resolve the issue with the carrier plates on all of their transmission models.

-Dillon Compton

I don't think you realize what 1300 FIRST teams do to a small company's stock plans.

Last year AndyMark had a bunch of high ratio gearboxes -- intending teams to buy them for large arms. Did anyone have an arm on their robot last year? AndyMark was stuck carrying a bunch of stock for a year hoping that arms came back into vogue this year.

I suppose that it is no different with Banebots. They order stock in what they think will sell. Once the game is known, there is a run on some items and other lanquish on the shelf. In the case of Banebots, I happen to know that they get their stock from China and they get them in big orders placed periodically (not in 20's and 30's but 200's and 300's or even 2000's and 3000's). So, unless Banebots is placing an order soon, I doubt that any more 256:1 gearboxes are coming (and don't forget that Chinese New Year is coming to screw up shipments from that part of the world).

FYI.

Joe J.