pic: Team 701's 3 CIM In-line 2 Speed Shifting Transmission Prototype

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Originally Posted by bEdhEd

Are we talking about the torque of the motor itself while it runs, or are we talking about the displacement the motors themselves causing a misalignment of the angle between the axes of the gears? If we are talking about the motors bieing misaligned due to their weight, then yes, we understand that the CIMs on the plate are very heavy all together, and since the transmission will be mounted directly on our frame, there will be also stress on the frame as well. We plan to design a support system so the weight of the motors wil be distributed somewhere else other than the transmission itself, and the part of the frame it is attached to, so we do not run into probems with warped, broken, or damaged robot components.

I believe that he's talking about the fact that the torque of 3 motors will be transferred through the sprocket on the first CIM motor in the chain (the leftmost one in the picture).

The teeth might not physically be able to handle the torque of 3 CIM motors, especially at stall and teeth might break off of the sprocket or other catastrophic failure might occur.