Things You Find When Prepping Spare Parts

[Rob]

So while crating up our bot last night and preparing our spare parts, we discovered that the RS-550 motor that Banebots ships attached to their 42mm gearbox is different from the one supplied in the KOP. (note that the spare 550 motors we purchased from Banebots are the same as the one in the KOP).

I am not sure if we are the only fools not to notice this and ship the wrong motor on our bot, but I guess it's better to know now than next Thursday...At least we now have a fun project for the pits on Thursday.

Perusing the Banebots website, I find some conflicting information. They offer the KOP RS-550 for sale, but also list another version of RS-550 (not for sale, about 40% less powerful). Looking at the pictures, the less powerful one resembles the one shipped on the 42mm planetary. Looking at the performance specs listed for the 42mm, they show as the "more powerful" motor version.

Anyway, the bottom line is that we have to change to legal motors on Thursday, and may or may not be getting more power as a result. If you are in the same situation, I would also suggest replacing the junk screws that come installed in the planetary. We used the 64:1 which is 3 stages, and the screws are M3 x 45mm.

Good luck to everyone,

RAZ