pic: Ahhhh, that's better.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

The new set of gears are looking pretty good! Quick question - why did you choose to have a gear-driven drive instead of the conventional chains/belts? Do you feel like the added complexity/weight/inefficiency (if any) hindered your driving?

Not new gears, the same gears that have run trough 4 different competitions just cleaned up and ready for more.

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Looks shiny. I'm excited to discuss any pros and cons you experienced with this setup while at IRI in a few days. See you guys there!

See you there.

Originally Posted by cbale2000

On a different note, are those VexPro gears you're using there?

Yup all VexPro

Originally Posted by Clem1640

Now, that's a lot of gears. Shiny. But it also looks heavy. Why gears for your power transmission in lieu of a lighter approach?

Everyone assumes that gears are heavy and inefficient but each drive half weighs less than 13 pounds including motors.

The why is simple, their bulletproof! No chains to fall off or tension, no sprockets to skip. These never failed us, even when something hard fell into the gears (see previous photos) it just kept on blazing.

We have been wanting to do this for years, the smaller footprint of this years game and the introduction of the much cheaper VexPro gears made it possible.