White Paper Discuss: Nothing But Dewalts

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

If you're playing Defense it's feasible to stall the motors often. Also, everyone time you go from standing still to full voltage. And going from full forward to full reverse would put a good amount of load into it. I know the deformation isn't as bad as pictured, but that just seems like it would fail with the shock loads it will see in a match.

But then again, let's see a test; can't argue with the facts.

-Adam

Risking embarrassment, I'll note that due to a bug in our PID code from shifting signed variables or something, the PID loop for the aforementioned shooter wheel had a fun quirk. When it overspun by a significant amount, it would throw the CIM into full reverse, or near to. Despite that crazy amount of shock loading, our bootlegged version of a keyway still held up. So I think things might work out better than you'd expect. If you still aim for some kind of press between the gear and shaft, that will also help relieve some of the load on the keyway.