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Originally Posted by thefro526
Our mechanism is designed so that the gearboxes themselves should never "see" more than 15-20ft-lbs of torque. The majority of the damage done to these gearboxes was done when I was testing an arm fix and went from full speed up to full speed down, something that the operator does not do in competition.
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If it can happen it will happen. I am with Adam on this one and would redesign it so you can't see more torque than the transmission is spec'd for. Just because you normally wouldn't operate in this fashion, if it does happen, I wouldn't want to be the one begging a team for a spare transmission at competition.
FIRST will work with you if you work with them. - R.C. [more] 
13-02-2011, 13:48
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