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[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by gpetilli

do you recall the gears before and after? I think earlier in the post mentioned 10.7:1. We have been using 12.7:1 with 6" wheels and that seems plenty fast. Were you going for higher top speed, more acceleration or more control?

I believe we started at 10.7:1 and moved to 8.45:1. In 2011 we ended up having to go across half to 3/4 of the field regularly to get game pieces and the extra speed helped a lot.

At 12.7:1, unless my math is wrong, your actual speed is going to be under 10 feet per second. That's not fast by FRC standards. It really depends on the game and what you want your robot to do.