AndyMark Teasing us

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Cory

The most likely reason is that it's because AM is going to be the official supplier of kit motors for FIRST, but it would be a mistake to assume so.

Actually I would say that the most likely reason he is carrying cims is because most of his gearboxes are designed to use them. I thought a long time ago he should have done this so people outside of FIRST could buy a toughbox and motor for it in the same place.

As for Cims in the kit, I would be surprised if they weren't there but am making no assumptions. The CIM motors are ordered and labeled specifically for FRC and it wouldn't take much for FIRST to pick a different motor from the same manufacturer. That being said there are many things that changing the main drive motors effects, such as the electronics, gearboxes, wheels, required field robustness, etc. I would suspect that if a change of the motors occurs it will be a minor shift with little differences like mounting; something like this would be easy to modify existing gearbox design for.

[Waynep]

Andy,
When are we going to see photos of the GEM500 gearbox? Way to tease us with a description of the newest toy in the AM gearbox arsenal but not show us what it looks like. Thanks in advance.
-wayne

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by Waynep

Andy,
When are we going to see photos of the GEM500 gearbox?

It looks like a picture was just put up, looks slick!

http://andymark.biz/am-0270.html

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

It looks like a picture was just put up, looks slick!

http://andymark.biz/am-0270.html

The question now becomes: "Can it handle two CIMs and will they sell the adapter?"

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by billbo911

The question now becomes: "Can it handle two CIMs and will they sell the adapter?"

No, it is designed for only 1 CIM.

Andy B.

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

No, it is designed for only 1 CIM.

Andy B.

Excellent. This makes me very happy and giddy inside for seekrit reasons. Out of curiosity, is the CAD for the gearbox available yet, and what is the mounting profile like?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

No, it is designed for only 1 CIM.

Andy B.

I like it.

Looks great, and looks real light and compact for what it does.

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I like it.

Looks great, and looks real light and compact for what it does.

will it fit into a gen1 shifter?

and how do you attach more stages?

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by gorrilla

will it fit into a gen1 shifter?

and how do you attach more stages?

No it's not like the AM Planetary Gearbox. That is much smaller and made for the FP motors. This is much larger. You could make it fit but why would you?

If you look at the pick you will see the two thinner rings, those are the stages.

[gorrilla]

Originally Posted by IndySam

No it's not like the AM Planetary Gearbox. That is much smaller and made for the FP motors. This is much larger. You could make it fit but why would you?

If you look at the pick you will see the two thinner rings, those are the stages.

i saw those, more speciffically i wanted to know how the gears from each one intermeshed(like does the output of one just go into the input of the next)?


why would I?
because it would be interesting.and is'nt that kinda what FIRST is about? (that is getting kids interested in engineering and techology)

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

It looks like a picture was just put up, looks slick!

http://andymark.biz/am-0270.html

It does look slick.

Modular planetary stages are a cool idea. I have found the ones from Matex very useful for developing new solutions, in my day job. Of course, those don't come with CIM mounting features, so AndyMark's new product will be much more convenient when using that motor.

Which I sincerely hope we will continue to do in FRC.

[Phalanx]

It does look slick, is most like yet another excellent product.

For me, though with a ratio of 181:1 I wonder if a fisher price motor (AKA Power Wheels) could be adapted to fit.

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

It does look slick, is most like yet another excellent product.

For me, though with a ratio of 181:1 I wonder if a fisher price motor (AKA Power Wheels) could be adapted to fit.

I would think the existing AM Planetary would be a ready made soultion to do just this.

[Phalanx]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

I would think the existing AM Planetary would be a ready made soultion to do just this.

That is a single stage as a understand it with a 3:1 ratio. I was looking for a metal gear box similar or greater in ratio to the plastic one we get for the FP motors.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

That is a single stage as a understand it with a 3:1 ratio. I was looking for a metal gear box similar or greater in ratio to the plastic one we get for the FP motors.

Put the FP on the AM Planetary and then put that into the new gearbox or use it with a combo of stackerboxes.