[FTC]: FTC Game Announced

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

You are right, #25 steel chain is going to be stronger than a little plastic chain. It's also going to be greasier, heavier, more expense, take up more room, and be harder to install and size. The right part for the right job. I suspect the decision to use standard #25 chain (if that is what it is) has a lot more to do with finding an off-the-shelf part that doesn't require engineering, test and manufacturing than it does with providing the perfect technical solution for our robots. The advantage is lower cost than if they had custom-made a metal chain.

I carefully worded my post to avoid saying "better", since in many applications I'd prefer a tiny chain (e.g. my robot's end effector would suck without it), but for heavy, pushing drivetrains (think Quad Quandry, super geared down) it didn't really cut it for my team. Certainly didn't help that I didn't tension the chain very well, but even after fixing that I ended up throwing chain a lot.