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Originally Posted by BigJ

"beast mode"

love that

Originally Posted by Creator Mat

However if you use an extended shaft you'll just kill the gear box and the shaft if there is no support on the other end of the shaft. My team used mechanum last year and used the P80 gear boxes with an extended shaft. It was extremely efficient, had good mount points for the encoder, and we had no problems. Hope this helps

I don't see why the longer shaft would destroy the gearbox unless using that long shaft meant mounting your wheel far away from the gearbox which creates problems. Also wouldnt a third mounting point create more problems because a third mounting point gives the shaft a place to bend.