All 5 of these products are now available for purchase from the US Website. (Availability varies for international sites)
In addition, while this isn’t a new product, we also realized that we never actually promoted the fact that VEX IQ Robot AA Battery Holders were available for purchase.
Could the capped shafts be considered for legal use in vrc? I think they could be a better solution to the hammering on the end of a shaft that teams do to avoid needing a shaft collar on the end of the shaft, and since this product already exists and is mechanically compatible with vrc, I don’t see why it shouldn’t be competition legal.
EDIT: also the product page for the long capped shaft claims it is out of stock.
EDIT 2: and the short capped shaft displays “Long Capped Shaft Add-on Pack” in the browser tab.
One more update. As I mentioned in a post from a few months ago, the 12-pack of 12T Metal Gears (276-7368) is now available on the US Website. (Will be available on international sites soon)
Would it be possible to update the capped shaft kit content page with actual measurements? Pitch might make sense to IQ - but it is not a familiar unit of measurement for EDR/V5
This would be the case if the motor shaft add on pack was available on both the IQ and EDR stores. Currently, it is only available on the iq store, meaning that the add on pack is not legal for edr.
I would imagine they could be depending on the ratio, but for something like tracking wheels that don’t undergo nearly as much force they should be fine right? But I totally get that vex wouldn’t want to get complaints from people using them with motors.
But to answer your question per the game manual: no, there are no restriction on upsetting an end onto your shaft per R-23, but don’t heat the end before upsetting it, as that could be considered a violation of R-23c (heat treating), if we consider that annealing, as well as quench and temper, changes the metallurgical structure.
You don’t happen to have a video of a V5 motor snapping an IQ motor shaft?
Or does the motor shaft simply not fit through the 1/4" hole to get into the 1/8" hole?
Because of this, even if they were strong enough, you would need a few spacers just to hold it in place, right?
Or could you use a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter like in the HS gears?