Banebot 56mm gearbox - double D - RELOADED

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by AcesPease

I would like to add that we used smaller Banebots transmissions last year for Mabuchi and Fisher Price motors and found the quality and service excellent.

Agreed, we used a 36mm, 256:1 gearbox to reduce the speed of a FP motor for ball harvesting last year. Worked well... Then again it was used for ball harvesting (which put very little load on the motor) not lifting an arm.

If a solid solution cannot be found in the next couple of days I would recommend that teams planning on using the 56mm gearboxes to drive their robot should seriously consider the single speed AndyMark (http://andymark.biz) gearboxes. They're the closest thing to last years kit transmissions, in fact I believe they might even be lighter than the old kit transmissions. At $98 a piece these teams should ask themselves if a headache is worth $200 +shipping.