pic: Team 294 updated drive module

[AdamHeard]

Well... I have to be honest... It was designed before ship one day when I was bored... It has holes to mount any of the 3 of the following; 2 small Cim, one big and one FP. So it was a perfect fit. Two of these were CNCd this week during the fix-it window.

Also, we originally had two small CIMs (see here; http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27694), but we needed to free up two small CIMs for the arm. We replaced those with the big CIMs (we weighed in at 93 lbs at our first regional, for the 5' class). We realized we had the weight, and the free FP motors so we decided to add those in as well. We already had to CNC new plates in the fixit window, my as well get the most kick out of the gearboxes.

And I got a comment on being "spoiled" by Northrop Grumman and their CNCs and how we were "cheating the system" in reference to this repair. Nearly all of our CNCd parts (except the wheels because we had so many; Northrop did those) were made by a father and son pair who just learned how to machine last fall at a local community college. Both new gearbox plates were made in the fix-it window specified by the rules as well.To top it off, the son is a sophomore and the father is a Dentist. So, in regards to all teams, don't make an assumption about any team unless you truly know the facts.

EDIT: We have matched the free speeds of the motors (28T on big, 14T on the small CIM and the AM FP planetary) but were wondering if the fact that their power curves were different makes a difference. Anyone have any experience with this? The main issue I'm worried about is FP burnout.