pic: 254/968 Gearbox - Destructive Testing Results

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

Funny you ask. We did do long term accelerated wear and fatigue testing.

These are amazing results. Even better, Travis has done a great job explaining this testing and failure modes.

It is one thing to be a great designer, it is another thing to be able to explain what you did, how things work, and why things happen.

Personally, I appreicate this work. Needless to say, FIRST will see better designs from many people because of this effort. This design has indeed "raised the bar" in FIRST.

Most respectfully,
Andy Baker

[robostangs548]

Very nice, very strong, looks like a great piece of equipment.

[AdamHeard]

Travis,
Great work guys. I have been fascinated by these transmissions ever since the first pic shown and have spent a good amount of time at LA, SD and champs admiring them. The amount of work put in is really shown in every part and detail. Also, the fact that you are going to such great lengths to publish your results (I know you did the test anyway for the senior project) is much appreciated. I am already inspired and thinking of what I can do for my Senior Project at San Luis Obispo and I haven't even finished my senior year of high school yet.

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

Personally, I appreciate this work. Needless to say, FIRST will see better designs from many people because of this effort. This design has indeed "raised the bar" in FIRST.

Most respectfully,
Andy Baker

Sorry, couldn't resist, but does AndyMark have any improvements planned to the your shifters?

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Sorry, couldn't resist, but does AndyMark have any improvements planned to the your shifters?

Yes, there will be a new version of our shifter available this fall, but I don't want to take the focus off of what 968 and 254 have done here. There will be enough information about that later.

I am looking forward to IRI for many reasons, and one of them is to talk with Travis and get a tour of this gearbox.

Andy

[M. Mellott]

Wow! A very impressive effort both in the design and the quality of testing. Really nice work, guys!

[Ryan Dognaux]

I checked these out in Atlanta and they're the real deal. Quite possibly the most amazing transmissions I've seen to date in terms of simplicity, quality, and resilience. The coolest part is just picking it up, like a mechanical feather or something...

I'm anxious to see what other ideas come as a result from these gearboxes. Great job guys.