Motor and Piston Usage

VEX Robotics Competition Discussion V5RC > High Stakes (24/25)
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Hi, Jamil from 10863A here just coming to ask everybody what they are using ever motor and piston for. If you could be specific the team would greatly appreciate that.

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6 motor drive, 1 motor intake, 1 motor wall stake mech, 2 piston mogo, 1 piston intake lift, 1 piston doinker mech

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So far, we have planned a:

  • 77w 450 rpm drive
  • 2 5.5w motor 2-stage intake
  • 1-2 pneumatic actuator mogo clamp
  • 2 actuator descore mech ↔ wall stake mech converter
  • 2 actuator hang popper

And if we have spare psi/time I might experiment with boosting my drive.

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Here are some good examples of what Icy1 is talking about. Drive Train Link: DriveTrain Clamp Link: Clamp].

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4 motor drive, 1-2 motor intake, 1-2 motor wall stake mech, 2 piston mogo, 1 piston intake lift, and then whatever else we decide on.

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My team:

  • 66 Watt Drivetrain

  • 22 Watt Intake

  • 2 Piston Mogo-Mech

  • 1 Piston Doinker

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So far we are planning
66 watt drive
11 watt intake
2 piston pto/transmission on the drivetrain
1 piston for holding the goal(don’t know the technical term)
1 piston for a arm to move the rings out of the corner.

planning to add
11 watt arm for scoring wall stakes/ elevation

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I would say that PTO/transmission is definitely not worth it. Rather, you should go for a solid somewhat speedy drivetrain like 480rpm on 2.75” wheels. I also highly recommend having a 2 piston mogo mech rather that a 1 piston mogo mech because it’s easy to steal mogos from teams with 1 piston mogo mechs

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I agree here, as scrimmaging with teams from my org, 2 piston clamps are a must. On the other hand, you should never have a need for a transmission unless you are going for high hang and need that torque.

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I think it has its purposes in push fights or corner fights, but I would only use it if you plan on not using pnumatic cylinders for hanging (I don’t know, It still might work)

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See I was coming from the perspective that @BananaPi mentioned with corner fights. I noticed how a lot of teams with 6 motor drives would try and push each other and nothing would happen so I thought being able to switch to torque to push them out of the way and then switch back to have speed. But I do see the point of having a two-piston mogo mech.

Also we are planning to eventually have a hopper and arm to do wall stakes but it would double as an elevation mech