56mm Banebot problems @ Championship

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Whether or not you experienced problems, the banebots have been proven unreliable.

I have to disagree that the banebots have "been proven unreliable". Sure... with the original carrier plates there was a flaw. It was a very frustrating flaw. Believe me... we had four of the transmissions and wrecked them three weeks into build, and they failed in a very frustrating manner. Once we put the new carrier plates in, however... zero problems through two regionals.

This, by and large, has been the experience of the vast majority of teams using the BB 56mm trannies. The ability to use the trannies as direct drive to the wheels, as opposed to chain drive, actually makes them MORE reliable in the context of an overall drivetrain solution than many of the KOP solutions we have used in the past.

Perhaps even more important is that Banebots, the company, has been PROVEN to be reliable and to stand behind their product, even at considerable expense.

I will definitely be buying from Banebots and using their products in the future.

Jason